https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/08/lead-us-to-a-better-america-with-fewer-guns-mike-bloomberg/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:27:17 -0400<![CDATA[Second, though your message has been blunt, your tactics have been politically shrewd. In 2006, you started a new organization to fight gun violence: Mayors Against Illegal Guns. You thought that mayors had the credibility to reframe the issue as one of crime control, rather than gun control. Mayors Against Illegal Guns now has more than 800 mayors, and nearly one million “active supporters.” It has lobbyists in Washington and elsewhere, and has had success resisting recent N.R.A. legislative initiatives. Its short-term agenda — ban assault weapons, require background checks for all gun sales, make gun trafficking a federal crime, and so on — is a good, sensible place to start regulating guns.]]>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:20:50 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/08/lead-us-to-a-better-america-with-fewer-guns-mike-bloomberg-n99023