Bloombergs New 'Responsible Gun Control Ad Features Irresponsible Handling of Shotgun

[wjk]

Quote from pspr:

Well, were not talking about a dorm room here where everybody's stuff is out in the open and you met your roommate on your first day of college assigned by the University.

But, I could see a situation where you and a roommate or family have several guns in a gun rack that may or may not be locked. Or you have a gun hidden in a closet or even locked in a safe in a closet.

The fact that the government is going to try to hold you responsible for the actions of someone else you know having reasonable access to your possessions is repulsive to me.

For instance. I once had a roommate that I knew fairly well. He told me sometime after I moved in that he kept a rifle behind his closet door in case of a break-in or something.

I wouldn't consider him to be responsible if I had gone wacko and took his gun and robbed a store.

If there were children around and more precautions weren't taken I could understand. But otherwise, it is insane to try to keep everyone in your household from having any access to your weapons.

I agree with you that background checking roommates is absurd. Bearing responibility for actions taken with a weapon left behind may be another story. That would be my concern leaving one with someone I know. I agree that I don't want to be held responsible for the actions of others, but I don't want to enable someone who I may not know as well as I thought.

 

[JamesL]

Dem Senator On Nanny Bloomberg: “I Don’t Take Gun Advice From The Mayor Of New York City”…


Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) pushed back against television ads from a group backed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg encouraging lawmakers to support gun control bills.

“I don’t take gun advice from the Mayor of New York City,” Pryor said in a statement. “I listen to Arkansans.”

The $12 million ad campaign, which depicts gun owners supporting background checks, is being run in conservative states represented by Democrats and states represented by Republicans who the group said “they can most influence the upcoming Senate vote.”

Pryor, who is up for reelection next year, is one of a handful of Democrats believed to be unlikely to support gun control legislation.

 

[Lucrum]

 

[pspr]

Bloomberg is wasting his $12 million. Of course, to him that is like you or I wasting $100 or so.

There is no gun ban happening in Congress. It's only happening at the state level. I suspect most of what is being passed in states like New York and Colorado will eventually be overturned by SCOTUS.

 

[PHOENIX TRADING]

Quote from pspr:

Bloomberg is wasting his $12 million. Of course, to him that is like you or I wasting $100 or so.

There is no gun ban happening in Congress. It's only happening at the state level. I suspect most of what is being passed in states like New York and Colorado will eventually be overturned by SCOTUS.

I'd be happy if he'd put his entire net worth into it.

 

[Spike Trader]

Quote from nutmeg:

He doesn't really make a good case for a wealthy businessman to run a public office (enterprise) although I think under his watch NYC enjoys the best bond rating it ever had.

With this kind of economic credentials imagine what he'd do for the country.
Dems have another jewel in their crown for 2016 , and furthermore Wall St. will love him..

 

[pspr]

Quote from Spike Trader:

With this kind of economic credentials imagine what he'd do for the country.
Dems have another jewel in their crown for 2016 , and furthermore Wall St. will love him..

LOL. Not a chance in hell. Really.

 

[LEAPup]

Quote from Lucrum:



Many if not most firearms applications ask the applicant if they suffer from any mental illness. Simply check the "No" box and bada bing bada boom you just passed that portion the "background" check.

They're wanting to get into medical records with the "enhanced" backgrounds. Oh yes, all those guys THEY screwed up in Iraq and Afghan will be shit out of luck when it comes to protecting their families with a firearm, even though they're well trained with them.

 

[Wide Tailz]

Just looking at the screenshot of the ad, I see many subliminal clues. The entire scene is obviously fake, and shows a very careless situation. Note the gun facing the kids (even though they are across the yard, behind it - the mind still picks up their location in 2-d).

Then there is the gentleman sitting on the truck. He's clearly a stereotypical country hick, the type that city slickerz do not feel comfortable around.

Finger on the trigger (even liberals will see this and get a jolt of terror).

It's all classic marketing - designed to influence the emotions, not the logic of the viewer.

"Sell the sizzle, not the steak"; or in this case - sell the dangerous image, despite the message.

 

[LEAPup]

Quote from Wide Tailz:

Just looking at the screenshot of the ad, I see many subliminal clues. The entire scene is obviously fake, and shows a very careless situation. Note the gun facing the kids (even though they are across the yard, behind it - the mind still picks up their location in 2-d).

Then there is the gentleman sitting on the truck. He's clearly a stereotypical country hick, the type that city slickerz do not feel comfortable around.

Finger on the trigger (even liberals will see this and get a jolt of terror).

It's all classic marketing - designed to influence the emotions, not the logic of the viewer.

"Sell the sizzle, not the steak"; or in this case - sell the dangerous image, despite the message.

Pure propaganda akin to Hitler's days in that ad. And did you notice while kids are around, he's got the freaking action closed and into battery, ready to fire? My gun range would suspend a member for a month for that. Second time would be for life. Where do these sick lunatics come from these days? Wow!