Sunday, October 5, 2014

NRA: Bloomberg ‘ultimate hypocrite’ for employing armed security

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reacts to a joke at his expense during the 69th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a charity gala organized by the Archdiocese of New York, at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
The National Rifle Association has struck back at former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, dinging him as the “ultimate hypocrite” for lobbying against Second Amendment rights for average Americans while maintaining his own personal armed security force.

Mr. Bloomberg reportedly vowed to spend a total of $50 million via the Everytown for Gun Safety, a coalition of several groups including Mr. Bloomberg’s own Mayors Against Illegal Guns and the Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

ut the NRA, which has ponied up $10 million of its own for political spending this election cycle, is retaliating with an ad campaign against Mr. Bloomberg. One ad features a survivor of violent crime telling the former mayor, “You do not have the right to tell me how to defend myself,” The Hill reported.

The NRA is hoping such ads will prove a successful counter to Mr. Bloomberg’s anti-gun efforts.

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