the truth of the matter is these are human beings. and the toughest thing i have to do is go to a hospital, try to get there before the parents or the spouse or the children get there, and i take it on as my responsibility as mayor to look them in the eye and tell them that their loved one s never coming home. and you do that, you really start to understand this is not just numbers, it s not just slogans, it s not just business, this is human life. these are people who are on this earth along with you and me and they have a right to live safely. and we talk about democracy. democracy is being able to walk the streets not looking over your shoulder. and if everybody s armed, i don t think you re going to be able to have that. but particularly if you let guns go to the hands of these people who just don t have the wherewithal or the credentials under existing federal law to own a gun. an eloquent last word on this subject tonight. mr. mayor, thank you very much
guns, ammunition. two words that did not show up in president obama s state of the union address. senior adviser david plouffe promises theresident will adess dre e ofsuun ctrolon atater date. but some think the president missed an important opportunity, including the mayor of new york. mayor michael bloomberg began his fight for stricter gun control laws in the spring of 2006. after the tragic shooting in tucson that left six people dead, mayor bloomberg has renewed his commitment to that mission. a child in america has 12 times the chance of getting killed by a gun than they do if they live in western europe. just think about that. congress has been unwilling to fix it.
added one more candidate to the list. you know 2012 is just around the corner, and pundits are falling over themselves to handicap the race. will the gop choose mitt romney, sarah palin, or just a gun with a flag pin? a gun with a flag pin might poll quite well in mitt romney s home state, utah, where late yesterday the utah state house voted 51-19 in favor of making this gun, the browning m-1911, the official state gun. don t remember learning your official state gun when you were in elementary school? that s because your state has no state gun. no state has an official state gun. utah would be the first state to equate a gun with flowers, birds, trees, vegetables, farm animals, and all the other things that states officially adopt as theirs. according to the sponsor of this
cannot buy a gun without a background check and ending the loopholes. so if their own members think that this is reasonable, why is congress so afraid of them and why are elected leaders across the country? well, when you came out and said that and said this is what we should do, and knowing that nra membership thinks it s a perfectly reasonable position, the n rachlt leadership had something else to say. the nra political cunningham, c mayor blame. he said he likes to blame everyone else for violent crime in new york city. he s also blamed mother nature for his recent problems with snow removal. he s not after illegal guns. he s after your guns. and that s a real snow job. by the way, congratulations on the snow removal today in new york city. we did a good job today. 20 inches. very impressive. the truth of the matter is they don t pay any attention. the constitution says you have a right to bear arms. the constitution talks about a well-regulated militia. a well-regulated
legislation, republican representative carl wimmer, this bill honoring the gun and its utah native inventor, john moses browning, is an appropriate and fitting tribute to a utah icon. this firearm has defended liberty and freedom. the same firearm, of course, has also wantonly murdered an untold number of innocent people since it was introduced 100 years ago. but there are voices of reason in the utah state house. one of them democratic representative carol moss, who was among the first to oppose this legislation, saying, someone once gave me this advice don t speak against guns. now i m going to break that advice. it seems insensitive at this time when people are mourning the death of six people in tucson and the serious wounding of congresswoman gabby giffords, a friend of mine. salt lake tribune reporter david montero told us during the