Former Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Pushes Tired ‘White Knight’s Burden’ Trope in Bid to Continue Government Efforts to Disarm Minorities

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Michael Bloomberg Suggests Disarming Minorities to ‘Keep Them Alive’:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/8/sughed-michael-bloomberg-suggests-disarming-minori/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork

(Jessica Chasmar) Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly argued Friday that guns need to be kept out of the hands of minorities in order to keep them alive.

While speaking at the Aspen Institute, Mr. Bloomberg, 72, said 95 percent of murders fall into a specific category: a male minority between the ages of 15 and 25, The Aspen Times reported.

Cities need to get guns out of this group’s hands and keep them alive, the former three-term mayor said, according to The Times.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Repulsive…

In the article, Bloomberg states, “While I’m sitting there waiting for [the minister] to introduce me, he said to his congregation, ‘You know, if every one of you stopped and frisked your kid before they went out at night, the mayor wouldn’t have to do it,’” Mr. Bloomberg said. “And so I knew I was going to be OK with that audience.”