New York conducts undercover sting at Arizona gun show

[Schadenfroh]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/31/us-guns-sting-idUKTRE70U6WI20110131

I was not aware that New York City had the right to play ATF / FBI / CNN / MSNBC in other cities.

(Reuters) -An undercover sting at a Phoenix gun show found dealers sold weapons like the one used in the Tucson shooting rampage to questionable buyers without conducting background checks, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday.

Investigators working for New York City, prompted by the Tucson shooting that killed six people and injured 13, bought 9mm handguns at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show in Phoenix and secretly videotaped the transactions, Bloomberg said.

The mayor showed videotapes to the media of the January 23 sales at a news conference.

Guess New York City has so much money and time that they can meddle in the affairs of other cities in other states, instead of using their resources to solve their own problems. Maybe Phoenix or Arizona should send undercover investigators into the rougher neighborhoods of New York City to show potential tourists across the world how one can get mugged or stabbed by their gangs.

The Crossroads of the West Gun Show issued a statement calling the mayor's investigation "entrapment."

"Mayor Bloomberg and his 'task force' have no legal authority in the state of Arizona or in any other place in America except New York City," the statement said. "These forays into America's heartland committing blatant acts to entrap otherwise innocent gun owners is an unlawful scheme that is created by Bloomberg's task force."

 

[NuclearNed]

I guess New York doesn't have enough crime of its own to investigate?

 

[CallMeJoe]

Mayor Bloomberg trying to look like a National Figure in preparation for the Presidential bid he denies he's planning?

 

[DesiPower]

Why is a mayor of a bankrupt state with the biggest sanctuary city spending money to find our the obvious? was a perk for his brown noseers with a free winter vacation in AZ?
he should have just used the similar reports from the last years sting operations...

 

[DesiPower]

Mayor Bloomberg trying to look like a National Figure in preparation for the Presidential bid he denies he's planning?

Running for President with a string anti-gun agenda! nice!!!!

 

[Vette73]

If they did not arrest anybody then how is it a sting operation?

Also if a large number of illegal guns enter NY from AZ or other states through backdoor gun show rules then yes they do have a direct intrest to look into it.

 

[xj0hnx]

Lol at them calling it a "undercover sting", um, a sting would mean they busted somebody, all they did was film some people following their states laws. The dishonest douche bags probably left out that they bought from private individuals without a background check ...

Private gun show dealers are exempt from federal law requiring background checks of customers, Bloomberg said.

Bullshit. Private sellers at a gun show, not licensed FFL dealers, anyone that has an actual shop and FFL runs background checks. I loathe the way the progressives twist truth to the point of outright falsehood because the public at large is too ignorant to know the difference.

 

[Phokus]

I loathe the way the progressives twist truth to the point of outright falsehood because the public at large is too ignorant to know the difference.

Death Panels

 

[irishScott]

If they did not arrest anybody then how is it a sting operation?

Also if a large number of illegal guns enter NY from AZ or other states through backdoor gun show rules then yes they do have a direct intrest to look into it.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the top source for illegal guns in New York is New York and not a state on the other side of the country.

 

[xj0hnx]

Death Panels

I know it's hard for you to form complex thoughts and all, but ...huh? Are you saying it's ok because the right does the same thing the left does?

 

[xj0hnx]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the top source for illegal guns in New York is New York and not a state on the other side of the country.

Pretty ridiculous considering how much it would cost to get to AZ, buy a gun and get back when you could just as easily go to WV, VA, FL, or many other states much closer that have just as laxed laws.

 

[irishScott]

Pretty ridiculous considering how much it would cost to get to AZ, buy a gun and get back when you could just as easily go to WV, VA, FL, or many other states much closer that have just as laxed laws.

Yep. He just went to Arizona to play off the shooting.

 

[xj0hnx]

Yep. He just went to Arizona to play off the shooting.

Emotional vampires, draining every last drop of tragedy.

 

[Phokus]

I know it's hard for you to form complex thoughts and all, but ...huh? Are you saying it's ok because the right does the same thing the left does?

I know it's hard for you to form complex thoughts and all, but you complaining about that is laughable considering you probably shrug it off when the right does it (and they do it every single day). When the right lies, there are some huge fucking consequences (see: the Iraq War).

Oh btw, Last time i checked, Bloomberg was a moderate republican, calling him a 'progressive' ,lol

 

[Phokus]

Emotional vampires, draining every last drop of tragedy.

Terry Schiavo

9/11

 

[xj0hnx]

I know it's hard for you to form complex thoughts and all, but you complaining about that is laughable considering you probably shrug it off when the right does it (and they do it every single day). When the right lies, there are some huge fucking consequences (see: the Iraq War).

Ahhh, so your only argument is based on assumptions of things you don't know anything about ...gotcha.

 

[Phokus]

Ahhh, so your only argument is based on assumptions of things you don't know anything about ...gotcha.

You basically called Bloomberg a 'progressive'. You're a fool.

 

[Texashiker]

Bloomberg seems to be anti-gun anyway, so this kind of behavior does not surprise me. He is just trying to get something stirred up to get more socialist anti-gun laws passed.

 

[Phokus]

Bloomberg seems to be anti-gun anyway, so this kind of behavior does not surprise me. He is just trying to get something stirred up to get more socialist anti-gun laws passed.

He's anti-gun, but he's still not 'progressive'. Hell, i wouldn't even characterize most democrats as progressive. He's a moderate republican.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

He's a moderate republican.

According to wiki he was a lifelong Democrat until 2001 and in 2007 he became a independent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg

 

[Texashiker]

He's anti-gun, but he's still not 'progressive'.

Seems he had people "progress" their way over to Arizona, where they "progressed" to buy some firearms.

Maybe Bloomberg is trying to his own social agenda? Even more socialism and gun control then what obama brought.

Obama has failed to outlaw firearms and bring about the changes the socialist wanted. Maybe its time for someone new to take control of the American Socialist Democratic Party and make some real changes.

Bloomberg for president in 2012, brought to you by the American Socialist Democratic Party.

 

[Phokus]

According to wiki he was a lifelong Democrat until 2001 and in 2007 he became a independent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg

Ok well, he was a Republican for most of his term before becoming independent, but still, he's not 'progressive' by any meaning of the term.

 

[Phokus]

Seems he had people "progress" their way over to Arizona, where they "progressed" to buy some firearms.

Maybe Bloomberg is trying to his own social agenda? Even more socialism and gun control then what obama brought.

Obama has failed to outlaw firearms and bring about the changes the socialist wanted. Maybe its time for someone new to take control of the American Socialist Democratic Party and make some real changes.

Bloomberg for president in 2012, brought to you by the American Socialist Democratic Party.

Somehow i doubt a plutocratic billionaire has much to do with 'socialism'.

 

[Genx87]

According to wiki he was a lifelong Democrat until 2001 and in 2007 he became a independent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg

Jokus cant be bothered by facts.

 

[Texashiker]

Somehow i doubt a plutocratic billionaire has much to do with 'socialism'.

Gun control is always linked to socialism, communism, monarchy, or some other kind of oppressive government.