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In reply to the discussion: Why I'm not going to rejoin the NRA just yet. [View all]ellisonz
(27,711 posts)74. Actually, no it doesn't:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 21, 2007
No. 14
MAYORS AGAINST ILLEGAL GUNS PRAISES DEFEAT OF MEASURE THAT THREATENED POLICE WITH PRISON FOR TRACKING ILLEGAL GUNS
Joint Statement from Coalition Co-Chairs New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino
"This week Congress defeated a more insidious version of the Tiahrt Amendment, the appropriations rider that restricts the access of cities and states to aggregate crime gun trace data. This data is critically important to the efforts of local police to identify regional illegal gun trafficking patterns, and yet the defeated version of the Tiahrt Amendment threatened our police officers with prison terms for using the data for exactly that purpose. That would have been a true travesty of justice.
"While we remain staunchly opposed to the anti-police Tiahrt Amendment provisions that remain, we are pleased that Congress said 'No' to making the Tiahrt restrictions worse. In addition, we applaud Congress for heeding our call to eliminate the Tiahrt Amendment's geographic restriction on data requests, which blocked police officers from getting critical information on out-of-state sources of illegal guns. While too many restrictions on trace data remain in place, it is nevertheless encouraging that following the national campaign our bi-partisan coalition of mayors, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has begun releasing trace data that it had previously refused to release. Our coalition will continue fighting against restrictions on crime gun trace data, and continue fighting for other pieces of common sense legislation that will help our police officers keep guns out of the hands of criminals."
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/media-center/pr014-07.shtml
December 21, 2007
No. 14
MAYORS AGAINST ILLEGAL GUNS PRAISES DEFEAT OF MEASURE THAT THREATENED POLICE WITH PRISON FOR TRACKING ILLEGAL GUNS
Joint Statement from Coalition Co-Chairs New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino
"This week Congress defeated a more insidious version of the Tiahrt Amendment, the appropriations rider that restricts the access of cities and states to aggregate crime gun trace data. This data is critically important to the efforts of local police to identify regional illegal gun trafficking patterns, and yet the defeated version of the Tiahrt Amendment threatened our police officers with prison terms for using the data for exactly that purpose. That would have been a true travesty of justice.
"While we remain staunchly opposed to the anti-police Tiahrt Amendment provisions that remain, we are pleased that Congress said 'No' to making the Tiahrt restrictions worse. In addition, we applaud Congress for heeding our call to eliminate the Tiahrt Amendment's geographic restriction on data requests, which blocked police officers from getting critical information on out-of-state sources of illegal guns. While too many restrictions on trace data remain in place, it is nevertheless encouraging that following the national campaign our bi-partisan coalition of mayors, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has begun releasing trace data that it had previously refused to release. Our coalition will continue fighting against restrictions on crime gun trace data, and continue fighting for other pieces of common sense legislation that will help our police officers keep guns out of the hands of criminals."
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/media-center/pr014-07.shtml
The only years it appears such data was unavailable was 2006 and 2007, not 2008-2009.
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They are ignorant on the technical aspects of firearms, basic math, ballistics, physics and logic.
PavePusher
Mar 2012
#39
So, how many crimes *have* been committed with .50 caliber rifles in California?
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#52
When has an enumerated right *ever* been held subordinate to an un-enumerated (and ill-defined) one?
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#61
"A well-regulated Militia" - No member of SCOTUS denies that gun control is Constitutional...
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#62
Would you restrict the 1A rights of people based on their political preference?
shadowrider
Mar 2012
#88
Prove what? That crimes commited with .50 cal rifles are essentially non-existant?
PavePusher
Mar 2012
#68
If it ain't rocket science then why do you keep avoiding the questions asked?
oneshooter
Mar 2012
#36
It is really strange that a person who claims to be so highly educated wants to avoid
oneshooter
Mar 2012
#43
Poopyhead- you're not recognizing the "higher truth" in MAIG's statements.
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#94
Yes, I think it is important to send policy messages through voting where possible.
Atypical Liberal
Mar 2012
#17
If all you can do is complain about spelling and whether a word is a noun or a verb
rl6214
Mar 2012
#86
No point in donating money to people that piss on the President, while accepting Mitt's AWB.
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#50