Bloomberg Suggests Banning Young Minority Males from Gun Ownership

[flowers]

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/07/bloomberg-suggests-banning-young-minority-males-from-gun-ownership/

Speaking to the Aspen Institute on February 6, Michael Bloomberg said cities should ban young minority males from owning guns, both as an effort to reduce crime and to keep those minority males “alive.”

According to The Aspen Times, Bloomberg addressed a variety of topics, and after commenting on poverty and education, he discussed guns. The Times reported that he said, “Cities need to get guns out of [the] … hands” of persons who are “male, minority, and between the ages of 15 and 25.”

He claimed that “95 percent of all murders fall into this category” and that taking guns away from them will not only reduce crime, but will “keep them alive.”

Bloomberg said male minorities from the ages of 15 to 25 do not have a good outlook on life and “think they’re going to get killed anyway because all their friends are getting killed.” He also said having a gun “is a joke” for them, that “it’s a joke to pull the trigger.”

[Scottftlc]

Hmmm...guess that makes Trump's temporary ban on Muslim refugees look like small potatoes now.

[Sanguine]

Can we ban Bloomberg too?

[HonestJohn]

I'm surprised he's able to pry himself away from trying to ban large servings of sugary, carbonated beverages.

And he's a ja[XXX]ss for suggesting this.  It's wrong and the guy needs to be told so... in no uncertain terms.

[raml]

Talk about being a racist. Where is the outcry over this. Bloomberg needs to shut the heck up.

[Fishrrman]

A question:
Aren't ALL "young males" -- minority or otherwise -- banned from buying handguns (legally) until age 21?

I sense that most "young minority males" who have guns, didn't obtain them legally and wouldn't give a whit about one more law "banning" them from owning same...

[Bigun]

A question:
Aren't ALL "young males" -- minority or otherwise -- banned from buying handguns (legally) until age 21?

I sense that most "young minority males" who have guns, didn't obtain them legally and wouldn't give a whit about one more law "banning" them from owning same...

They know that. This is just a trial balloon for a camels nose effort.

[17 Oaks]

A question:
Aren't ALL "young males" -- minority or otherwise -- banned from buying handguns (legally) until age 21?

I sense that most "young minority males" who have guns, didn't obtain them legally and wouldn't give a whit about one more law "banning" them from owning same...

YES!  BUT they all have guns!  So how and where do they come from?


They are called "Ghost Guns"


http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/underworld-inc/episodes/ghost-guns/

[mountaineer]

Hmmm...guess that makes Trump's temporary ban on Muslim refugees look like small potatoes now.

You'd think!

[PzLdr]

When you give up your bodyguard detail of former cops, then you can talk to me, Mike. And I still won't be listening.