Michael Bloomberg's hapless gun-control outfit, Everytown, has issued a video that it appears to believe makes the case for stricter firearms purchasing laws. The spot features a woman who is attacked-and eventually shot by her ex-husband. When he bangs aggressively on the window of her house, she calls 9-1-1, explaining to the operator that she has a restraining order against him. But when seconds count the police are too far to help and, eventually, he forces his way in, steals her child, and shoots her in the head. The intended message is that "we need to make it harder for men with restraining orders to get hold of guns." Apparently Bloomberg's Everytown group is unaware that part of the Brady Handgun Violence act of 1993, being subject to a restraining order for threatening a family member is already one reason to be denied a firearm transfer. The likely message, is that anyone who is willing to break and enter, abduct a child, and murder a woman is unlikely to follow firearms regulations. The unfortunate victim would have been far better off with a .357 magnum than a telephone in her hand.
"Apparently Bloomberg's Everytown group is unaware that part of the Brady Handgun Violence act of 1993, being subject to a restraining order for threatening a family member is already one reason to be denied a firearm transfer." An Act vehemently opposed by the NRA.
Slightly different but... Bloomberg's Top Advocate Admits Gun Control Proposals Wouldn't Stop Mass Shootings http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiep...roposals-wouldnt-stop-mass-shootings-n1852230
And seat belts. And collapsible steering columns. And turn signals. And cars that get more than 9mpg. Goddamned Fascists.
Reason for optimism: American Airlines, US Airways Workers Vote Overwhelmingly To Join Union Posted: 09/16/2014 6:11 pm EDT Updated: 47 minutes ago WASHINGTON -- Thousands of service agents at American Airlines unionized with their new colleagues at U.S. Airways on Tuesday, making the most of last year's airline mega-merger. In a combined union election, airline employees voted on whether to join CWA-IBT, a joint union of the Communications Workers of America and the Teamsters. An overwhelming 86 percent voted in favor of unionizing. The election covered 14,500 employees who work at airport customer-service desks, airline call centers and, in some cases, their own homes. Nine thousand of those workers were previously non-union employees at American Airlines, while the remainder were U.S. Airways agents already represented by the union. The two brands merged last year to create the largest airline in the world. Had the group voted down the union, the already-unionized U.S. Airways workers would have lost their contract. "I'm elated. It's been a long road," said Steve Langhi, a Dallas/Fort Worth-based customer service representative for American Airlines who has long wanted to join a union. "I've spent 35 years in this business … I feel better about my future today than I have at any other time." The National Mediation Board, the federal agency that oversaw the election, said the workers voted in favor of the union by a count of 9,640 to 1,547, indicating widespread support among employees of both airlines. The election appears to be the largest private-sector unionization this year. More>>