Friday, July 21, 2006

Bloomberg Being Sued for Illegal Gun Investigation

Cam Edwards quotes this:

Attorney and former Congressman Bob Barr announced today that he and the Law Offices of Edwin Marger, of which he is Of Counsel and is located in Jasper, Georgia, will be pursuing legal action against New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on behalf of Adventure Outdoors. Bloomberg, in May of this year, named Adventure Outdoors, a family owned hunting supply business in Smyrna, Georgia, in a federal lawsuit against "rogue gun dealers."

Bloomberg conspired with others named in the lawsuit to deceive Adventure Outdoors in order to falsely and fraudulently purchase a firearm. By doing so, the conspirators falsified an ATF form which is a clear violation of federal and Georgia laws. Furthermore, Bloomberg then released misleading statements to national news media, which damaged the reputation and business of Adventure Outdoors in this scheme to defame and violate the law.

In his statement, Barr expressed his confidence in a successful outcome for Adventure Outdoors and further stated that "Mayor Bloomberg's and the other players' actions were careless, willful and clearly illegal."

Edwards also mentions that the ATF is investigating Bloomberg's activities. My only question is, what the hell is taking the ATF so long to make a determination? If the people Bloomberg hired to make the purchases actually did lie on the ATF forms, then they have committed a felony. If they merely purchased the firearms and have retained them without handing them over to Bloomberg, then Bloomberg is LYING, and his suit against the firearms dealers is frivolous.

I really really hope this puts a boot in on Bloomberg.


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