Michael Bloomberg’s third reincarnation of his astro-turf anti-gun group is named Everytown for Gun Safety. Like MAIG before it, Everytown for Gun Safety misrepresents its goals with its name. They claim to be about gun safety but they are really about taking away the Second Amendment rights of law abiding citizens. The name Everytown for Gun Safety is just part of an ongoing effort by the anti-gun community to move away from terms like “gun control” and into language they believe is more publicly acceptable.
Increasingly, the public has become aware that Bloomberg and his front organizations are just as against legally owned firearms as those owned illegally. This is the reason Bloomberg’s MAIG group fell apart at the seams. Once mayors realized the true agenda, they quit the group. Now many mayors view MAIG as a political liability. The Mayor of Danbury, Conn., recently cut ties with the organization, stating in a press release, “I joined … because I believe enforcement of existing gun laws is preferable to creating new gun laws. It is clear in recent months however that Bloomberg’s mission has changed from law enforcement to simply increasing gun regulations.” In February, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Mayor John C. Tkazyik left the group, telling the Poughkeepsie Journal that “MAIG became a vehicle for Bloomberg to promote his personal gun-control agenda — violating the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens and taking resources away from initiatives that could actually work to protect our neighborhoods and save precious lives.” Tkazyik also noted that “I’m not alone: Nearly 50 pro-Second Amendment mayors have left the organization.”
The credibility of Bloomberg’s Mothers Demand Action group hasn’t fared much better. In March, the Washington Times revealed that the group falsely took credit for the removal of a gun parts manufacturer’s billboard in Chicago. In truth, the contract to display the billboard had simply run its course. Now Everytown for Gun Safety is engaging in the same game of misinformation:
Everytown report on school shootings is off-target.
Everytown’s List of “School Shootings” Employs Misleading Terms for
