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WCBS, New YorkBloomberg To Fund Anti-Gun Ad Campaign
TV Blitz Begins Sunday In N.Y., D.C., Among Others
Marcia Kramer Reporting
(CBS) JERSEY CITY, N.J. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a coalition of 214 mayors are using the Virginia Tech massacre to pressure Congress to give local cops the information they need to trace illegal guns used in crimes.
CBS 2 has also learned that they're also launching a TV ad campaign starting Sunday.
"We're fighting criminals and illegal guns. Why is Congress fighting us?" Bloomberg said Wednesday.
The ads will start running in four days in New York, Washington and the congressional districts of key gun advocates.
"I don’t want my officers to have their hands tied when it comes to having to deal with the issue of illegal guns for criminals," Bloomberg said.
The ads are funded by Bloomberg, who said he will personally spend whatever it takes to stop a bill that would allow the feds to withhold crucial information on illegal guns needed by local cops....
Bloomberg said the Virginia Tech massacre that resulted in 33 deaths should get everyone behind his illegal gun crusade.
"Every day 30 Americans are murdered," he said. "If one day is cause for you to think, what about 365 days?"....
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