Opinion
By Larry Keane
USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is stumping on the presidential campaign trail telling Americans they can’t be trusted to exercise their right to own a gun.
Not for self-protection. Not for recreational shooting or hunting. Not even because it’s a God-given right enshrined in the Bill of Rights.
He says this, of course, surrounded by an armed security team. They’re not armed with lollipops and wishful thoughts. They’re carrying the cold steel that the guy who writes the checks for Moms Demand Action and Everytown says Americans can’t be trusted to own.
No Guns for You
It sounds disturbing enough. It’s even more disturbing that Bloomberg made this announcement after hearing the news of Jack Wilson, a concealed carry permit holder and member of the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas. Wilson responded immediately to the threat of a murderer in his church and neutralized the threat just six seconds after it began. His swift reaction in just six seconds saved countless lives among the 242 worshipers in attending services that morning when the police standard to response is six minutes.
“It’s the job of law enforcement to have guns and to decide when to shoot,” Bloomberg explained at a campaign stop in Montgomery, Ala. “You just do not want the average citizen carrying a gun in a crowded place.”
After seeing video of the Texas Church shooting, Michael Bloomberg thinks civilians had no business carrying guns.
They should have called the police.(Note: The Armed civilian stopped the shooting with 2 seconds of it starting. The average response time for 911 is 6 minutes) pic.twitter.com/MKJ3xnJqU1
— Todd Dott 🇺🇸🤙 (@ever_relentless) January 2, 2020
That’s telling for the guy who wants to take the oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution. Maybe his oath will include exception clauses that will negate the Second Amendment, or the 2008 Heller decision that affirmed the Second Amendment is an individual “right of the People,” not the police.
Bloomberg’s dismissal of fundamental rights goes beyond ignorance, but willfully dismisses the legal actions taken by at least six other parishioners who also drew their concealed firearms yet chose not to fire. Bloomberg’s fact-burying might be because it’s exactly what undermines his gun-grabbing argument. Here is a case of armed and trained citizens who were in a crowded place and didn’t fire their firearms.
Heaven Sent
It should be noted the difference in how Wilson and Bloomberg see themselves. Wilson has been telling media he simply “killed evil” and he’s not a hero. Bloomberg, on the other hand, has publicly professed he’s earned a spot in heaven because he’s paid so much into gun control.
“I am telling you if there is a God, when I get to heaven I’m not stopping to be interviewed,” Bloomberg said in 2014. “I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.”
Bloomberg’s Bad Company
Bloomberg wasn’t alone in his criticism of armed self-protection and Americans embracing their Second Amendment rights. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) flatly said she wouldn’t support concealed carry reciprocity even after being confronted with the fact it saved Texan lives.
Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for signing the law that protected Texans’ rights to carry a gun into a place of worship as “absolutely irrational.” Former Army Ranger sniper and book author Ryan Cleckner noted Biden’s ideas on gun control would have cost lives.
“He was dead wrong,” Cleckner explained. “If he has his way, there would be a lot more people dead in that church.”
Texas’ Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick drove the point home.
“Let’s be very clear to the American people that Joe Biden is dangerous,” Patrick said. “He’s not just an idiotic person who says impossible, absurd things, and he’s not just naive, but he’s dangerous. Americans will have to understand, whether you believe in owning a gun or not owning a gun, that the Democrats are dangerous.”
Unfortunately, Bloomberg, Biden and the rest of the Democratic gun control contenders are proving he’s not the only one.
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Those “average Americans” can be trusted far more that ANY Democrat presidential candidate. FACT !
Bloomberg worships the almighty dollar. He thinks he can buy his way into heaven as he has bought everything outside of it. His ego is astounding and his presidency would appear like a dictatorship. He must not be allowed to take the office.
The insolence of these people before the LORD reminds me of one of those stories in the BIBLE; you know the story? It’s the one right before GOD GETS MAD. We are very nearly at the point where there is going to be bloodshed. These are people who want to be our president but they are saying before hand they would disavow their oath of office if elected. They are not alone. Barring providence, I do not see a way it can be prevented. If you have not been stocking up, I would urge you to start today. If you… Read more »
This long held progressive ideology on the left is becoming more clear to the American People as time goes by. And please spare me the “Dems vs Reps” crap. The Republican Party is a progressive party along the lines of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. The current Democratic Party is a Menshevik Party rapidly becoming a Bolshevik Party. Most elected Republicans will dash the enumerated rights guaranteed to you by your Maker in favor of being loved and adored. Think of my two previous Senators, McCain and Flake. Sell outs, fake conservatives, frauds. Most of their party is the same.… Read more »
Bloomberg said “if there is a God”. There may be atheists in foxholes;which I doubt; but there are no deceased atheists. All who have passed from this know there is a God. Jack Wilson followed Leviticus 19:16 “You shall not stand idly by while your neighbor is in danger”.
Not to worry. Michael Bloomberg is a dull speaker, is scripted and is in dire need of a charisma transplant. If he wins the Dem Party nomination for POTUS, he’ll never win the hearts of Americans. His money can buy the mayoralty if deep blue NYC, and buy the City Council to get an illegal third term, but he doesn’t have enough money to buy the presidency. They’ll see right through him.
These left wing wanna be tyrants have a pressing lust for power. They want the serfs dependent on government and want to be able to tell the serfs what to do.
Upon hearing this drivel, John Cleese (of Monty Python fame) shouted from a castle wall:
“I FAA-RRT in your general direction! “
WHY can’t I be trusted?, I am many decades old,have owned multiple weapons and the worst thing I ever have done is get a traffic citation. This is your typical AVERAGE person. Tell your rich bitches what WE THE PEOPLE want, go away and leave US alone, and QUIT screwing with our GOD GIVEN RIGHTS, backed by the US CONSTITUTION and Amendments and BOR’s. That’s what want, and demand, and WILL continue to have even if it means another REVOLUTION with you commie Bstd’s. Our Founders would have it no other way.Arlington is full of lost lives given for US… Read more »
Nobody buys there way into Heaven Mr Bloomberg.