Mayor Bloomberg - End ‘shoot-first’ laws

[IIIIIREPOIIIII]

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, one of the faces of national gun-control efforts over the last year, made a fresh case against Florida’s gun laws Sunday on the heels of the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin shooting death.
“Sadly, all the facts in this tragic case will probably never be known,” Bloomberg said in a statement.

“But one fact has long been crystal clear: ‘shoot-first’ laws like those in Florida can inspire dangerous vigilantism and protect those who act recklessly with guns. Such laws – drafted by gun lobby extremists in Washington – encourage deadly confrontations by enabling people to shoot first and argue ‘justifiable homicide’ later.”

He added, “Last year, I joined a broad coalition of civic leaders to shine a light on the impact of ‘shoot-first’ laws and work to eliminate them, in Florida and wherever they have been passed. We will continue that work – and the tragic death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed child attempting to walk home from the store, will continue to drive our efforts.”
The phrase “shoot first” is used by critics of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” laws, which allows people to use deadly force if they have reason to believe they’re facing bodily injury.
In the Zimmerman case, neither the defense nor the prosecution ultimately used “Stand Your Ground.” Zimmerman’s attorneys last year said that would not be their theory of the case, and they presented a conventional self-defense strategy.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/0...#ixzz2Z2jHGHeJ

[arjohnson]

Of course he's against it, he would never fire the first shot, his body guards will do that for him. Fuck that anti everything freedom POS!

[vinnyg101]

“Sadly, all the facts in this tragic case will probably never be known,” Bloomberg said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/0...#ixzz2Z2jHGHeJ

Thanks, good info.

It is amazing how the the government see what they want to see...facts?...if you watch the rebuttal close that Guy gave to the jury he made a big deal about how there was a full magazine in the gun and a round in the chamber...ooo! That makes Zimmerman a bad guy...anyhow!

Turdberg will not stop with his sick and obsessive power grab.

[streaker69]

I'm confused, where are these "shoot first" laws?

[IIIIIREPOIIIII]

I'm confused, where are these "shoot first" laws?

I will help you out on this one, If you are white getting your ass beat by any other unarmed race/ethnicity you must die first then you can shoot back.....Oh wait :P

[ungawa]

Lead by example. Start prosecuting some of the cops in the NYPD.

[father-of-five]

Bloomberg and the lot appear to be ignoring the sometimes 40+ people per month that are killed in Chicago by his quite extremely ambiguous "shoot first" definition.

[ungawa]

Bloomberg and the lot appear to be ignoring the sometimes 40+ people per month that are killed in Chicago by his quite extremely ambiguous "shoot first" definition.

Those are the good guys.

Not the "law abiding" bad guys that get all uppity and think they are allowed to defend themselves from that garbage.

[father-of-five]

I know. I admit I have the long-standing delusion that laws apply to all people.

[Pilot321]

So I have to wait for someone to shoot me, knife me, or kill me with their bare hands before I can shoot back? So if I am getting my head beaten into the sidewalk, I am not allowed to defend myself?

Yeah, that makes sense.