Op-Ed: Bloomberg's Puppets Turn Their Sights on Ohioans' Second Amendment Rights

by Ken Blackwell

By now, you really would have thought Michael Bloomberg would have learned his lesson.

The out-of-touch New York City mayor has lately made it his business to be in everyone else's business - whether that means trying to decide for New York residents what they are allowed to eat or drink, or trying to tell people from other states what to think of their elected officials.

More often than not, however, Mayor Bloomberg's overreaches have been repelled. The courts struck down Bloomberg's ban on large sodas. Notable Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer, from Bloomberg's home state, is on the record as saying he thought Bloomberg's ads trying to push red state Democrats into supporting gun control were "not going to be effective."

But despite these rebukes, Bloomberg remains unfazed. He has found yet another group of people he knows better than, and is making sure they know about it. This time his target is the people of Ohio and our Senator, Rob Portman. Mayors Against Illegal Guns, an organization that essentially serves to allow Bloomberg to advance his own agenda through folks he regards as puppets, recently sent a letter to Portman to try and strong arm him into turning his back on the Second Amendment rights that Ohioans elected him to preserve.

There are plenty of reasons for pause when Mayors Against Illegal Guns becomes involved in an issue. After all, it is the same group that included Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev and California cop killer Christopher Dorner among a list of "victims of gun violence." Moreover, it is a group whose extreme positions extend far beyond what many members signed up for. Bloomberg's group has lost dozens of members throughout the year as more and more member mayors have realized that Bloomberg is advocating for far more restrictive proposals than simply keeping guns out of the hands of criminals.

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