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Home Front: Politix
Bloomberg: When I'm President I'll Pack the Supreme Court With Anti-Gun Justices
2019-12-12
[TOWNHALL] Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made a name for himself as a leader in the gun control movement. After all, he funds Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action. Naturally, Bloomberg has decided to use his anti-Second Amendment stance to make himself a top tier in the 2020 Democratic field.

In an opinion piece in the Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg rehashed his stance on the Supreme Court case known as New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. New York City. At the time, NYC prohibited gun owners from transporting firearms outside of city limits, even if the resident was taking them to a gun range. Once the New York Rifle and Pistol Association, along with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and Second Amendment Foundation (SAF )challenged the city's ordinance in a court of law, NYC decided to rescind the law. The city tried to get the lawsuit thrown out, saying the point is now moot because the ordinance no longer exists. Gun rights advocates, however, are worried the city will reimplement the law if the Supreme Court decides to throw out the case.

According to Bloomberg, pro-gun groups, like the NRA, are trying to thwart "public safety." His solution is to "appoint judges who understand that the Second Amendment allows for common sense limits on gun ownership."

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Posted by:Fred

#13  ^ Hmmmm. Put a game camera on that and you're guaran-darn-teed to catch Florida Man. Also, needs a plasma globe up top so customers can tell they're getting top quality juice.
Posted by: Zorba McGurque3382   2019-12-12 19:51  

#12  I was so hoping he'd start championing electric cars. (Enjoy the interesting photo)
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-12 15:06  

#11   the media mogul's campaign spending soars over $60MILLION

So generous of him to put that much into the economy without any hope of a return. He would have been more effective donating to the Democratic party presidential campaign and key congressional candidates. But his money will be spent and spent again, according to Keynes, benefitting us all.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-12-12 15:03  

#10  Waste your money if this is the thrust of your campaign.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-12-12 13:39  

#9  I see a problem with step 1 of Blackadder Bloomie's Cunning Plan.
Posted by: Snusotle the Lesser4227   2019-12-12 12:59  

#8  I believe it's time for Republican lawfare. Not conservative, in the puritan sense. But republican party control. An iron-fisted bias. It's time for judges to pick sides, instead of spend their lives trying to be paragons of virtue. Make the law say and do what is necessary to preserve your republic first, worry about probity and 'the letter' later. Who's going to deter you, the Hague ?
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-12-12 12:09  

#7  There is lib law fare in a sentence. A socialist judge will find or manufacture a pretext for their 'side', regardless. A conservative judge will more usually find based on the facts within the parentheses of law and precedent.

If the MASS attorney general can read that state's constitution, a document written by 2nd and 3rd generation Puritans in the latter 17th century and find an embedded legal right to sodomy, the Law becomes meaningless.

This is what they would do to all of us. Always time to regulate when you're too lazy to legislate.
Posted by: Cesare   2019-12-12 11:43  

#6  Michael Bloomberg declares 'war on poverty' in his first trip to California as the media mogul's campaign spending soars over $60MILLION
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-12-12 10:31  

#5  You can select them from among the many Porcorum Volantes that will no doubt attend your inauguration.
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-12-12 09:38  

#4  They know they will never repeal the 2nd amendment, so they will use the courts to force us. Just like the rest of their horrible ideas.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-12-12 08:40  

#3  Thank you Mike for showing that the Constitution is irrevocably broken. Who needs an Article V amending process when the court has now become the defacto power to alter the Constitution? Who needs the consent of the governed? There was a reason the Founders put such a high bar to altering the original document. It's not impossible because its been done over 25 times. Much easier to do it with Princes who sit for life and are unaccountable to the governed. It's not a republic.

What is the legitimacy of any such government?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-12-12 06:41  

#2  
'When I'm President I'll Pack the Supreme Court With Anti-Gun Justices my friends.'

FIXED
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-12-12 02:38  

#1  That comment is certainly a bridge to nowhere.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-12 01:19  

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