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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 804099" data-attributes="member: 12952">Bloomberg sending undercover cops to investigate gun shows... in Arizona ?New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may prefer “No Labels” but in&nbsp; his case, I think “gun grabber” is a pretty fitting one. As part of his&nbsp; misguided crusade to tighten up gun laws nationally, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/us/31guns.html" target="_blank">The New York Times reports that Hizzoner sent undercover cops to gun shows in Arizona and found they were violating the law</a>:In&nbsp; two instances, the New York undercover officers specifically said&nbsp; before buying a gun, “I probably couldn’t pass a background check,” but&nbsp; were still sold guns, city officials said.In a third case, an&nbsp; investigator bought a Glock pistol and two high-capacity magazines like&nbsp; the ones used in the Tucson shooting. Such purchases were made without&nbsp; any background check but were perfectly legal.comments:Wisco Dave says:<a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2011/01/31/nyc-mayor-bloomberg-running-gun-show-sting-operations-in-arizona/#comment-41251" target="_blank"> January 31, 2011 at 2:45 pm</a>And how much did this cost the taxpayers of NYC?&nbsp;Bloomberg can stick it!&nbsp;I’m willing to bet that they were private party sales.&nbsp;Also, the article first states “they were violating the law” but then goes on and says “but were perfectly legal.”&nbsp;Once again, Bloomberg can stick it!<a href="http://correspondencecommittee.com/" target="_blank">JCM</a> says:<a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2011/01/31/nyc-mayor-bloomberg-running-gun-show-sting-operations-in-arizona/#comment-41253" target="_blank"> January 31, 2011 at 2:45 pm</a>I don’t about Gun Shows in AZ. But up in WA the legislature decided to try to restrict gun show sales.One legislator asked the State AG to find all crimes that been committed with gun show guns.A&nbsp; search of the previous 10 years of gun crimes, gun show guns were&nbsp; involved in precisely ZERO crimes. The legislator who asked for the&nbsp; information asked a simple question, “is a law necessary where there is&nbsp; no problem?”The bill died.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 804099, member: 12952"] [B]Bloomberg sending undercover cops to investigate gun shows... in Arizona ?[/B] New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may prefer “No Labels” but in his case, I think “gun grabber” is a pretty fitting one. As part of his misguided crusade to tighten up gun laws nationally, [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/us/31guns.html"][I]The[/I] [I]New York Times [/I]reports that Hizzoner sent undercover cops to gun shows in Arizona and found they were violating the law[/URL]: In two instances, the New York undercover officers specifically said before buying a gun, “I probably couldn’t pass a background check,” but were still sold guns, city officials said. In a third case, an investigator bought a Glock pistol and two high-capacity magazines like the ones used in the Tucson shooting. Such purchases were made without any background check but were perfectly legal. [B]comments:[/B] Wisco Dave says:[URL="http://weaselzippers.us/2011/01/31/nyc-mayor-bloomberg-running-gun-show-sting-operations-in-arizona/#comment-41251"] January 31, 2011 at 2:45 pm[/URL] And how much did this cost the taxpayers of NYC? Bloomberg can stick it! I’m willing to bet that they were private party sales. Also, the article first states “they were violating the law” but then goes on and says “but were perfectly legal.” Once again, Bloomberg can stick it! [URL="http://correspondencecommittee.com/"]JCM[/URL] says: [URL="http://weaselzippers.us/2011/01/31/nyc-mayor-bloomberg-running-gun-show-sting-operations-in-arizona/#comment-41253"] January 31, 2011 at 2:45 pm[/URL] I don’t about Gun Shows in AZ. But up in WA the legislature decided to try to restrict gun show sales. One legislator asked the State AG to find all crimes that been committed with gun show guns. A search of the previous 10 years of gun crimes, gun show guns were involved in precisely ZERO crimes. The legislator who asked for the information asked a simple question, “is a law necessary where there is no problem?” The bill died. [/QUOTE]

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