After 'Dark Knight' shooting, Bloomberg calls on Romney and Obama to offer more than 'soothing words'
Ray Kelly, Michael Bloomberg and John Feinblatt. Dana Rubinstein
9:45 am Jul. 20, 20123
In the wake of the nation's most recent mass shooting, this one at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that the nation needs more than "soothing words" from President Barack Obama and would-be president Mitt Romney.
"You know, soothing words are nice, but maybe it's time that the two people who want to be president of the United States stand up and tell us what they're gonna do about it," said the mayor, during his regular Friday morning appearance on the John Gambling radio show.
Bloomberg has made gun control one of his signature national initiatives.
His policy chief John Feinblatt even harbors the amibition, however unlikely, of transforming the Bloomberg-backed Mayors Against Illegal Guns into an organization that can rival the mighty National Rifle Association.
"No matter where you stand on the Second Amendment, no matter where you stand on guns, we have a right to hear from both of them concretely, not just in generalities, specifically, what are they gonna do about guns," said Bloomberg this morning, referring, again, to Obama and Romney.
well first of all the firearms dont act on themselfs the individul acts on his own this is coming from the guy that wanted to regulate soft drinks besides why are the people that show no interest in hunting and sports that deal with firearms always want to change firearm laws if u know nothing about the sports then u dont know why people like them AND WHY DO U POLITICIANS ALWAYS USE SOMEONES LOSS OR TRADGETY TO FURTHER YOUR OWN PERSONAL AGENDA U PEOPLE ARE SICK THE NEWS JUST CAME OUT WITH THIS SHOOTING AND LIKE A PACK OF WOLVES UR ALREADY ON IT YOUR MORE WORRIED ABOUT FIREARM CONTROL THAN THE PEOPLE AT THE MOVIE PREMEIR SECOND THE SECOND AMMENDMENT SAY SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED NOT BY YOU OR ANY ONE BLOOMBERG WASNT IT YOU WHO HAD A US MARINE ARRESTED FOR TURNING IN HIS FIREARM TO GO TO THE TOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING A US MARINE THAT HAS DONE MORE FOR THIS COUNTRY THAN YOU
Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
More laws against legal gun ownership will not help.
Properly funding our educational systems creates a more intelligent population.
Creating laws that encourage businesses to keep jobs in the U.S. keeps people from being going thru the stress of being unemployed for months or years.
Keeping families happy and together reduces the need to let video games and the internet become our children's role models.
Letting pre-teen children grow up immersed in violent video games only increases the likelihood of these senseless acts becoming more commonplace.
Even with cops & cameras on every corner, the only way to save our society is from within.
Wake up people, it is within our power to demand these changes.
Dear Lord, please tell me ANGEL04t94 doesn't own a firearm.