Sen. Patrick Leahy, D Vt., pointed some of the blame for the failed Senate debate over comprehensive background checks at New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who dedicated millions of dollars to eviscerating senators who opposed such legislation.
"Unfortunately, you have some on the left like the mayor of New York City, who actually didn't help a bit with his ads. He actually turned off some people that we might have gotten for supporters," Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in an interview to air on C SPAN Newsmakers on Sunday.
Read the article: ABC News
APPEARS IN
News
Sen. Leahy: Bloomberg's gun ads 'Didn't help a bit'
Monday, August 5, 2013
TRENDING NOW
Monday, June 15, 2026
Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney recently defended his government’s gun confiscation and “buyback” program, stating the government “has acted swiftly and decisively to combat gun crime” by removing “prohibited assault-style firearms from communities across ...
Monday, June 15, 2026
Another week, another grotesque act of violence in one of New York’s least sensitive places.
Monday, June 15, 2026
Few things expose the hypocrisy of anti-gun activists and their allies more clearly than the recurring spectacle of so-called “violence interrupters” and their own violent tendencies. The story has become repetitive but worth reiterating because ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
The United Nations’ Ninth Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Program of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects ...
Monday, June 15, 2026
The National Rifle Association, Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners, Michigan Gun Owners, Michigan Open Carry, and four NRA members filed a lawsuit challenging Michigan’s firearm license-to-purchase and registration regime.
More Like This From Around The NRA
