BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A third mayor has
bowed out of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun mayors' coalition,
saying he is in favor of disarming criminals, but "not at the risk of
losing our Constitutional freedom."
SAF learned from the staff at Gun Week that Rio Rancho, NM Mayor Kevin
Jackson has withdrawn from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, without having
attended a single meeting of the group, which now reportedly involves more
than 150 mayors. Jackson, a self-described "constitutionalist" and career
Army veteran, explained to Gun Week that he believes strongly in getting
guns out of the hands of criminals, but he draws the line at disarming
law-abiding citizens.
"Mayor Jackson is a good man," said SAF founder Alan M. Gottlieb, "who
wants to do the right thing for his community, and walking away from
Bloomberg's organization certainly meets that standard. His military
background makes him a leader, and we think other mayors need to fall in
behind him and let Mayor Bloomberg and his anti-gun cronies wallow in the
mud they want to sling against firearms dealers, gun makers and gun owners.
"With Bloomberg's questionable gun shop sting under investigation by
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the recent
announcement that none of the gun dealers he targeted with that vigilante
operation will be prosecuted, Bloomberg's anti-gun scheme seems to be
falling apart," Gottlieb stated.
"Nobody more than this nation's 80 million law-abiding gun owners wants
to disarm every criminal in America," Gottlieb said, "but we cannot use
that premise as an excuse to ratchet down on the gun rights of honest
citizens. The Bloomberg agenda is to make all gun laws in America as
restrictive as New York, and we've already seen that those laws disarm the
wrong people, and don't prevent criminals from committing crimes.
"Fortunately," Gottlieb said, "some mayors are seeing through the smoke
screen. They have quickly determined that there is far more to Bloomberg's
plan than simply taking guns away from criminals, and they won't be a party
to any program that attacks one of our most precious constitutional
rights."
The Second Amendment Foundation (http://www.saf.org) is the nation's
oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal
action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately
own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more
than 600,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to
better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
SOURCE Second Amendment Foundation
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CONTACT:
Alan Gottlieb of Second Amendment Foundation,
+1-425-454-7012
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