Wal-Mart and Bloomberg Agree on Gun Control Measures

Written by Gene Helms

Tuesday, 15 April 2008

Wal-Mart has agreed to be part of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership. Wal-Mart is planning on video taping all guns sales, and setting up a system to find out if any of the guns purchased there are involved in a crime. They will also be checking the background of any employees that handle guns. Wal-Mart has also agreed to “keep certain records”, although it is unclear at this time what these records will be and who will have access to them. I find this disturbing. Mayor Bloomberg, who has been denied access to the personal information of lawful gun owners, may be trying to get around the system by building a database of gun crimes, and the guns they are linked to, through a partnership with retailers. Mayor Bloomberg is a gun control advocate that founded the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns. The group’s main objective is to crack down on the unlawful trafficking of weapons that are used in crimes. They must not realize that criminals do not buy guns from a retailer where they would be subject to a background check. Therefore, the group insists on monitoring the law-abiding citizens, which will do nothing to help stop crime. You can find more information on this in an article at the Examiner.com.