This afternoon, Mayor Bloomberg's office announced the results of Gun Show Undercover, an unprecedented operation aimed at exposing the "Gun Show Loophole" for what it really is; a legal but shady way for the trafficking of guns that evades a Federal law that requires background checks and the filing of ownership paperwork before and after the sale of fire arms.
The tactics used by the Mayor's office were interesting, to say the least. Agents from NYC Government traveled to three states (not New York) and used undercover cameras to catch these transactions in progress...a move that I'm sure will cause some controversy. The three were Nevada, Tennessee and Ohio
1. The timing of the release of this report comes during an important election race for the mayor...a race that polls are showing to be surprisingly close.
2. In the post Acorn secret camera wingut head explosions, I wonder if these findings, just as or even more damning in terms of Federal Law violations, will cause those very same wingnut heads to re-explode.
Whether the timing is coincidental or not, I support the mayor's efforts with this project. With tea baggers running wild and threats to our civil society being tossed about like Halloween candy, the more we can do to keep firearms out of the hands of unstable people, the better.
On a personal note, I have been absent from this site for some time...mainly due to the kind of work I have been doing. However, I am back and will be posting much more from here on out.
