{"id":5705,"date":"2012-03-01T13:35:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T18:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5705"},"modified":"2012-03-01T13:35:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T18:35:43","slug":"bloomberg-in-a-snit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5705","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg in a snit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2012\/feb\/28\/mcdonnell-signs-repeal-virginias-one-gun-month-law\/\" target=\"_blank\">repealed<\/a> their one-gun-a-month law. \u00a0Of course, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/mayor-bloomberg-criticizes-virginia-repeal-20-year-old-gun-law-article-1.1031149\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Mike did not like that<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/mayor\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a>, one of the country\u2019s top advocates for tough gun laws, said dismantling the law will enhance Virginia\u2019s reputation as the gun-running capital of the East Coast. \u00a0\u201cVirginia is the No. 1 out-of-state source of crime guns in New York, and one of the top suppliers of crime guns nationally,\u201d Bloomberg said &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If this is true then it means that the law wasn&#8217;t deterring criminals so scrapping it will have no negative effect. \u00a0Therefore Bloomie has nothing to complain about.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D5705&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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