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NY Daily News Gun Law Lies

How's THIS for a bunch of crap:

The gun-huggers at the National Rifle Association will not be holding their 2007 convention, as had been planned, in Columbus, Ohio. Lucky Columbus. Of course, the NRA would never even consider N.Y.C. This city does not believe in blowing the heads off small animals. Or people. Which is why it wants to get tougher on illegal weapons. Guess what group is opposed?

City officials are trying to cut off the plague of weapons at its source by suing gun makers and distributors that carelessly deliver their wares to unscrupulous dealers who, in turn, sell to criminals. It's a strategy any levelheaded politician would love - but the NRA and its pals in Congress are doing their darnedest to keep the supply lines open.

Bills headed for votes in the House and the Senate would grant gunmakers immunity from lawsuits like New York's. In other words, the manufacturers could turn a blind eye to the 1% of dealers who are responsible for 60% of the illegal guns on the streets.

He's correct that the NRA probably wouldn't consider NYC as the site for their convention because NYC doesn't grant it's subjects all of the Bill of Rights, including the Second Amendment.

The lawsuit by New York City claims that gun makers and dealers are "creating a public nuisance". NYC was able to find a sympathetic judge who is allowing the lawsuit to proceed. More here. Personally, I think the "public nuisance" is being created by the criminals who are misusing firearms but I suppose that a leftist liberal city never blames the criminals, it must be the fault of the legally built firearms. This is the same twisted logic of the left where the terrorists who bomb or crash planes into the World Trace Center aren't to blame, it's the democratic policies of the US government.

The "Lawful Commerce" act before congress would stop such "nuisance" lawsuits. As I've pointed out a dozen times here, the bill would NOT prevent legitimate suits filed because of illegal actions by gun makers and dealers.

Remember, this is the same city whose council voted to "regulate" all gun stores around the country.

I'm sure that the Daily News was overjoyed finding (second item in editorial) that proposed SCOTUS candidate John Roberts had voted (in the minority) to uphold a firearm conviction due to an illegal search.