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Mayor Bloomberg Wants All Police to Go On Strike

 
 
Reply Tue 24 Jul, 2012 07:48 am

NEW YORK MAGAZINE

By Margaret Hartmann


One of the few points that President Obama and Mitt Romney
agree on is that they're both determined not to let gun
control become an issue in the election, despite Friday's
theater shooting in Colorado.

However, their attempts to dodge the issue have only emboldened
Mayor Bloomberg, who was rather bold to start with. After warming up
on Monday's Morning Joe, Bloomberg ended the day by suggesting
on Piers Morgan Tonight that law enforcement should take a drastic
stand on the issue.
"I don't understand why the police officers across this
country don't stand up collectively and say we're going to go on strike,"

Bloomberg said. "We're not going to protect you unless you,
the public, through your legislature, do what's required to keep us safe."

Earlier, Bloomberg said, "I think there is a perception among the
political world that the NRA has more power than the American people.
I don't believe that." However, there's evidence that the NRA isn't
the only impediment to passing severe gun laws.

The New York Times reports that support for gun control
has hit a new low
. An October Gallup poll found that gun control laws
were less popular among people of all political persuasions, and for the first time
a majority (53 percent) opposed banning semiautomatic guns and assault rifles.

Rep. Peter King told the paper,
"The majority of American people are very attached
to their guns. They look on any attempt to regulate or
control them as an infringement."

While things would likely change in the event of a massive police
uprising, it seems the biggest hurdle for Mayor Bloomberg,
and those who support his position on guns, isn't convincing people
that they have the power to stand up to the NRA.

The American people need to be convinced that they should back
restrictions on their right to bear arms, despite the Founding Fathers'
well-documented thoughts on 100-round magazines of ammunition.

[All emfasis has been lovingly added by David.]

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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jul, 2012 07:49 am

Note that what the Mayor has advocated
is a CRIME in New York.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jul, 2012 09:03 am
@OmSigDAVID,
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Mayor Bloomberg Wants All Police to Go On Strike


Does he ****.

This is a bit sensationalist even for you.
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Foofie
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jul, 2012 10:50 am
I voted for Mark Green, in the mayor's first election.

It was the Latino vote that got the mayor first elected. The reasoning being that while African-Americans overwhelmingly voted for Mark Green, and Jews had a split vote for Mark Green and Bloomberg, supposedly the Latino vote was overwhelmingly for Bloomberg, believing that a billionaire would know how to bring jobs to NYC.

That was in the newspapers, back in the mayor's first victory.

Amazing that logic did not prevail for half of the Jewish voters and the African-American voters? I guess the Latino voters knew something others did not know?
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mysteryman
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jul, 2012 06:03 pm
I wonder if he realizes that its not the job of the police to protect us.

In Warren v District of Columbia, the court was quite clear when they said...

Quote:
fundamental principle of American law that a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any individual citizen."


Other cases include...

Riss v. City of New York, 22 N.Y.2d 579, 293 NYS2d 897, 240 N.E.2d 860 (N.Y. Ct. of Ap. 1958); Keane v. City of Chicago, 98 Ill. App.2d 460, 240 N.E.2d 321 (1968); Morgan v. District of Columbia, 468 A.2d 1306 (D.C. Ct. of Ap. 1983); Calogrides v. City of Mobile, 475 So.2d 560 (S.Ct. A;a. 1985); Morris v. Musser, 478 A.2d 937 (1984); Davidson v. City of Westminster, 32 C.3d 197, 185 Cal.Rptr. 252, 649 P.2d 894 (S.Ct. Cal. 1982); Chapman v. City of Philadelphia, 434 A.2d 753 (Sup.Ct. Penn. 1981); Weutrich v. Delia, 155 N.J. Super 324, 326, 382 A.2d 929, 930 (1978); Sapp v. City of Tallahassee, 348 So.2d 363 (Fla.Ct. of Ap. 1977); Simpson's Food Fair v. Evansville, 272 N.E. 2d 871 (Ind.Ct. of Ap.); Silver v. City of Minneapolis, 170 N.W.2d 206 (S.Ct. Minn. 1969) and Bowers v. DeVito, 686 F.2d 61 (7th Cir. 1982).

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