IF the RINO mayor Bloomberg intends to run for President, I suggest he change his strategy. Gun owners have long memories, and we will NOT vote for such a fellow who has already shown a huge propensity for taking away LEGALLY owned firearms.

His so-called quest to stop illegal guns is nothing more than a smoke screen. I'd vote for Lieberman before I'd vote for Bloomberg.

bloomie sang "born to run" at the mayor's office holiday party last night.

Why don't you find out how manny pro gun politicians bloomberg supported.

"Not to be screwed with" especially if you are a young black or Latino man in NYC, you could end up dead on the wrong side of 50 bullets.

Not sure why you buy into this madia diversion from the real problems in NYC.

"media" diversion/spin from city hall.

Curious, Jed, what are the real problems in NYC? Obviously, police racism and brutality are among them, but are you actually saying that gun crime isn't?

I never said that. Right now, there are more pressing issues in the city and there are many ways to deal with illegal guns without diverting attention from the immediate issues confronting the city and showboating for the media, like poverty increasing and how that maybe connected to illegal handguns. There are actually an entire array of social issues right here in NYC that the mayor has failed to tackle which can probably be linked to illegal guns in some form or another. Bloomberg does't need to send private detectives out of state conducting possibly illegal and unauthorized investigations, he should be working with federal authorities like the ATF and FBI.

If you want to buy into his media spin, be my guest, but as a minority resident in NYC illegal guns are not at the top of my list of concerns right now.

which social issues has the mayor failed to tackle?

schools - huge reform effort underway
homelessness - highly lauded plan to reduce it
poverty - praise from all corners for stepping up to do something
affordable housing - largest plan anywhere
jobs - lowest unemployment in the city's history

certainly more progress in some areas than others, but come on.

jed???

Schools reform, major disaster with the dropout rate having gone up on his watch.

Homelessness has risen for the first time in 25 years under this mayor

Poverty is on the rise in NYC with NYC having the highest income disparity in the nation. Food pantries overwhelmed like never before, city employees using food stamps to survive and also visiting these overwhelmed food pantries.

Affordable housing, you must kidding. This mayor is giving the real estate giants whatever they want as evidenced by the sale of Stuyvesant town and the relaxation of residency requirements for city employees.

Employment, the job most available is cashier at an average salary of $18,000 a year, no real job growth otherwise while this guy has been mayor. Employment in places like the Bronx and other boroughs is abysmal, especially for backs and Latinos.

You are either a clueless trust fund baby or an employee of the mayor's office because you sure don't know shit about the what's happening in the city. Btw jeremy, the above is a response to your posting, I could make the list a lot longer about how Bloomberg fails to hold his to people accountable for their failures and screw ups.

Duh jeremy ???