{"id":105,"date":"2009-08-10T09:34:06","date_gmt":"2009-08-10T13:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=105"},"modified":"2009-08-10T09:34:06","modified_gmt":"2009-08-10T13:34:06","slug":"bloombergs-anti-nra-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg’s anti-NRA effort"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Boston Globe, Mayor Mike wants to raise money for an anti-NRA effort<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“…\u00a0\u201cYou know, the NRA<\/a> doesn\u2019t spend that much money,\u2019\u2019 said Bloomberg during an appearance on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press<\/a>\u2019\u2019 program yesterday. \u201cIf you want to beat the NRA you have to go out and get your message out, and it costs money to do that.\u2019\u2019 … Bloomberg has already contributed about $2.9 million to \u201cMayors Against Illegal Guns.<\/a>\u2019\u2019 …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This true. \u00a0Relative to other special interests, the NRA doesn’t spend much money. \u00a0Their power comes from the fact that the public agrees<\/span> with them. \u00a0I have a media brochure from ATI News<\/a> and Zogby<\/a> I picked up \u00a0at the ’08 annual meeting<\/a> which says that polls show 10-15% of voters consider themselves NRA members, not just people who listen to their message. \u00a0That translates into 20-30 million voters think they’re NRA members. \u00a0This is what Bloomberg and the other antis simply cannot understand.<\/p>\n

As for the money, the last story I saw put Bloomberg’s net worth in excess of $16 billion<\/em>. \u00a0His $2.9 million to MAIG is pocket change. \u00a0If he really thinks he can beat the NRA then let him put up $1 billion of his own money. \u00a0He can afford it. \u00a0Heck, I don’t think he’d even miss it.<\/p>\n