Boston Mayor Menino: Time For ‘National Policy on Guns’

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Conservative Byte

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At the same time that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a statement going full bore after gun owners on the heels of the tragic school shootings in Connecticut, Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston issued a similar statement. It was just as strident and just as political:

As a parent and grandparent, I am overcome with both grief and outrage by the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. This unspeakable act of violence will forever imprint this day in our hearts and minds. My heart goes out to the families impacted by this senseless tragedy and the many others we have recently witnessed across the United States. As a Mayor who has witnessed too many lives forever altered by gun violence, it is my responsibility to fight for action. Today’s tragedy reminds us that now is the time for action. Innocent children will now never attend a prom, never play in a big game, never step foot on a college campus. Now is the time for a national policy on guns that takes the loopholes out of the laws, the automatic weapons out of our neighborhoods and the tragedies like today out of our future.

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  • willie

    bloomberg and that other mayer should fire their body guards and walk the streets like everyone else.if the government would give me the money,i cold make every school safe in america,guarenteed.but no,they had rather give it to the muslam countries to refurbish their moskes.and they would not give the prodestant movement the time of day.everyone should get them a gun and carry it everywhere that they went..and if any in the government of the co.should try to take their weapon,the whole county should surrond every one and make them get down on their knees and appolige and promise neve to bother them again.also every trucker every business should shut down until those in government developed come common sense..so bloom berg,just keep your big mouth shut.all you want to do is get on tv..you have nothing to say,,now have you got it..