Anti-Gun Newsom Spends Taxpayer Millions on Armed Guards

Anti-Gun Newsom Spends Taxpayer Millions on Armed Guards

by AWR Hawkins 22 Nov 2015

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/22/anti-gun-newsom-spends-taxpayer-millions-armed-guards/

California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D) wants to lead a fight against gun ownership–yet has spent millions of taxpayer dollars to surround himself with armed security.

Breibart News previously reported Newsom’s belief that the Paris attacks would have been worse if citizens had been armed for self-defense. He told HBO’s Bill Maher that the whole idea of a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy is “mythology.”

Newsom’s exact words on Maher’s show, Real Time, were: “I just simply, this sort of mythology, the guy with the gun that’s going to come save the day, I mean, so right out of the movies, sort of this gun-slinging fantasy. The reality is, it’s most likely to create more harm, more damage, more lost lives in those circumstances.”

Rewind a few years to Newsom’s tenure as Mayor of San Francisco. He was mayor from 2004 to 2011, and toward the end of that time–on July 7, 2009–reports emerged that Newsom had spent “millions” surrounding himself with armed security. Moreover, those “millions” came out of city funds–otherwise know as taxpayer monies–which paid for the police detail from which protective services were rendered.

NBC Bay Area reported Newsom’s security spending as follows:

How much does it cost to protect the mayor of a major metropolitan city? In Los Angeles, about $450,000 a year. In Houston, about $339,00 a year. In San Francisco, anywhere between $1 and $72 million.

[On July 7, 2009] SF Appeal revealed…the budget for Newsom’s personal police bodyguards comes out of the San Francisco Police Department’s Investigations Detail, which boasts a $72.9 million budget.

So, depending on how you look at it, Newsom’s protective detail cost at least seven figures–money few average citizens would have for personal self-defense.

Then Newsom was elected to the position of Lt. Governor in 2010, and assumed that office in 2011. And the very next year, in July 2012, the Los Angles Times reported that the cost for providing security for Lt Governor Newsom was up nearly $30,000 above what it had been for his predecessor. According to the Times:

The state spent $93,379 through May in the just-completed fiscal year on CHP protection for Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who took office at the start of 2011. The amount is up from the $65,954 spent in the previous fiscal year, the first half protecting Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, and the second half protecting Newsom.

The Times inquired whether the elevated price for armed security was the result of Newsom taking “a CHP officer…to the taping of his weekly hour-long talk show, ‘The Gavin Newsome Show,'” but Newsom’s spokesman said they do not discuss details related to security.

Here is the bottom line: Newsom does not think allowing average Americans to be armed for self-defense does any good. In fact, he thinks “it’s most likely to create more harm, more damage, more lost lives in those circumstances.” But he had no problem spending millions to surround himself with armed security as mayor and to increase expenditures for armed security by $30,000 once he became Lt. Governor.

Maybe it is time for Newsom to live up the standards he wants to force onto average Americans and forgo the confidence derived by having guns around for self-defense. Talk is cheap–perhaps Newsom can lead by example, disarming his security detail and going through a few days thinking about how citizens feel when state and local governments disarm them via myriad gun control scenarios.

Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom is the California state government lieutenant governor, William A. Newsom’s son, and was invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.

Note: Pat Brown was the California state government governor, a friend of William Newsom, and Jerry Brown & Kathleen L. Brown’s father.

William A. Newsom is Gavin Newsom’s father, a friend of Jerry Brown, was a friend of Pat Brown, and a St. Ignatius prep school (San Francisco) graduate.

William Newsom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Newsom

Life and career

Newsom was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Christine (Brennan) and William A. Newsom II. A lifelong San Franciscan, Newsom has longstanding political and financial ties. His father was a close friend of Pat Brown, who rose from San Francisco district attorney to governor of California.[2] He remains friends with Pat Brown’s son, California Attorney General, former Oakland Mayor and current California Governor Jerry Brown.

Jerry Brown was the Oakland (CA) mayor, is a friend of William A. Newsom, the California state government governor, Pat Brown’s son, and Kathleen L. Brown’s brother.

Kathleen L. Brown was the California state government treasurer, is Pat Brown’s daughter, Jerry Brown’s sister, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.  

Penny S. Pritzker is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce for the Barack Obama administration, was the national finance chair, fundraiser for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a co-chair for the 2009 Barack Obama inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a contributor for the 2013 Barack Obama inaugural committee, the host for the Barack Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, and a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

Paul S. Otellini was a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, and a St. Ignatius prep school (San Francisco) graduate.

Laura D'Andrea Tyson was a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Sheryl K. Sandberg was a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.  

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Robin Hood Foundation, the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Sundance Institute.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, married in 2013 & Gavin Newsom was invited, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Jeff Zucker is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and was the president & CEO of NBCUniversal.

Emma Bloomberg was the chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation, and is Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter.

Michael R. Bloomberg was a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, a contributor for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, is Emma Bloomberg’s father, a co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety.

Americans for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Maria Cuomo Cole is a trustee at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, and married to Kenneth D. Cole.

Kenneth D. Cole is married to Maria Cuomo Cole, and a trustee at the Sundance Institute.

Robert Redford is the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, and a partner with the Sundance Channel.

Sundance Channel is a partner with NBCUniversal.

NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of NBC.

Jeff Zucker was the president & CEO of NBCUniversal, and is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.

Emma Bloomberg was the chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation, and is Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter.

Michael R. Bloomberg was a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, a contributor for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, is Emma Bloomberg’s father, a co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety.

Americans for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.