Michael Bloomberg Targets 12 More States for Gun Control
by AWR Hawkins 3 Dec 2014, 8:39 AM PDT
Although the elections and Michael
Bloomberg's original $50 million pledge to beat the NRA are over, the
former mayor is still spending money and is considering a push for gun control
in 12 more states.
The goal in some of the states is the same kind of
initiative that Bloomberg and other one-percenters pushed through in
Washington, while in others, the goal is to pressure legislators to support gun
control expansion under the guise of fighting domestic violence or by following
California's lead with "gun violence restraining
orders."
According to the USA Today, Bloomberg is currently
weighing a Washington state-like initiative approach in Arizona
and Maine.
As one of the most gun-friendly states in the union, Arizona will be a
challenge for Bloomberg. And voters in Maine just passed on the chance to put a
gun control governor in office, choosing instead to stick
with pro-gun, NRA-endorsed Governor Paul LePage.
Part of Bloomberg's game is going around elected
officials—bypassing legislatures and governors. Therefore, he is weighing his
options. At the same time, Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety says it could take an active role in pressuring
legislatures in up to 20 states.
The NRA says it plans to fight Bloomberg at the state level
just as it has done at the national level. And that includes exposing his habit
of going "into states where it's easy to pass something ... [then
claiming] national momentum."
In other words, success on a universal background
check/handgun registration scheme in Washington state does not mean Arizonans
are also chomping at the bit to register their guns.
Michael
Bloomberg
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of Everytown
for Gun Safety, a co-chair for Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, the founder of Bloomberg
LP, the founder of the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation.
Note: Marc Morial is an advisory
board member for Everytown for Gun
Safety, and a director at the Jobs
for America's Graduates.
Jan Brewer is a
director at the Jobs for America's
Graduates, and the Arizona state
government governor.
John E. Baldacci
is an honorary director at the Jobs for
America's Graduates, and was the Maine
state government governor.
Mike Beebe is a
director at the Jobs for America's
Graduates, and the Arkansas state
government governor.
Phil Bryant is a
director at the Jobs for America's
Graduates, and the Mississippi state
government governor.
Steve Bullock is
the vice chair for the Jobs for
America's Graduates, and the Montana
state government governor.
Thomas R. Carper
is an honorary director at the Jobs for
America's Graduates, and was the Delaware
state government governor.
Chet Culver is an
honorary director at the Jobs for
America's Graduates, and was the Iowa
state government governor.
Mitchell E.
Daniels Jr. is an honorary director at the Jobs for America's Graduates, and was the Indiana state government governor.
John M. Engler is a
director at the Jobs for America's
Graduates, and was the Michigan
state government governor.
John Hoeven is an
honorary director at the Jobs for
America's Graduates, and was the North
Dakota state government governor.
Jack A. Markell
is the chairman for the Jobs for
America's Graduates, and the Delaware
state government governor.
Mike Pence is the vice
chair for the Jobs for America's
Graduates, and the Indiana state
government governor.
Marc F. Racicot
is an honorary director at the Jobs for
America's Graduates, and was the Montana
state government governor.
Brian Sandoval
is the vice chair for the Jobs for
America's Graduates, and the Nevada
state government governor.
George V.
Voinovich is an honorary director at the Jobs for America's Graduates, and was the Ohio state government governor.
Joe Manchin III
was a director at the Jobs for America's
Graduates, and the West Virginia
state government governor.
John R. McKernan
Jr. was a director at the Jobs for
America's Graduates, and the Maine
state government governor.
Janet A.
Napolitano was a director at the Jobs
for America's Graduates, the Arizona
state government governor, and is the homeland security secretary for the Barack Obama administration.
Bill Richardson was
a director at the Jobs for America's
Graduates, the New Mexico state
government governor, and the commerce secretary nomine for the Barack Obama administration.
Charles S. Robb
was the chair for the Jobs for America's
Graduates, and the Virginia state
government governor.
Robert
Alphonso Taft II was a director at the Jobs
for America's Graduates, and the Ohio
state government governor.
Tom Vilsack was a
director at the Jobs for America's
Graduates, the Iowa state government
governor, and is the agriculture secretary for the Barack Obama administration.
Mark R. Warner
was a director at the Jobs for America's
Graduates, the Virginia state
government governor, and the president of the Alfalfa Club.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is a member of the Alfalfa
Club, the founder of Everytown for
Gun Safety, a co-chair for Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, the founder of Bloomberg
LP, the founder of the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation.
Bloomberg News
is a division of Bloomberg LP.
Susan Goldberg
was an executive editor for the Bloomberg
News, and the deputy managing editor
for USA Today.
USA Today is a subsidiary
of the Gannett Co., Inc.
John J. Mack is a
director at the Bloomberg Family
Foundation, an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
George Soros was a
benefactor for the Harlem Children's
Zone, and the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, the Robin
Hood Foundation, the Millennium
Promise, the Committee for Economic
Development, the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the Aspen Institute
(think tank), and the NAACP Legal
Defense & Educational Fund.
Marjorie Magner
was a director at the Millennium Promise,
and is the chair for Gannett Co., Inc.
James A. Johnson was a trustee
at the Committee for Economic
Development, a director at Gannett
Co., Inc., is a member of the American Friends of Bilderberg (think
tank), an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Susan Ness is a
trustee at the Committee for Economic
Development, and a director at the Gannett
Co., Inc.
Donna E. Shalala
was a trustee at the Committee for
Economic Development, a fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and a director at the Gannett Co., Inc.
Solomon D.
Trujillo was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and a director at the Gannett Co., Inc.
USA Today is a
subsidiary of the Gannett Co., Inc.
Karen Hastie
Williams was a director at Gannett
Co., Inc., and is a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
Eric H. Holder Jr.
was an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense
& Educational Fund, a partner at Covington
& Burling LLP, is a trustee at the Morehouse
School of Medicine, and the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration.
Covington
& Burling LLP was the lobby firm for the Gannett Co., Inc.
NRA-ILA (Eric Holder’s Gun Control History)
Raben Group is
the lobby firm for the NAACP Legal
Defense & Educational Fund, the Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, and was
the lobby firm for the Morehouse School
of Medicine.
Melody C. Barnes
was a principal for the Raben Group,
the domestic policy council, director at the Barack Obama administration, and is Barack Obama’s golf partner.
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