Bloomberg's Superbowl gun-control ad was "regional"...

[SteveW]

"The video, viewable below, was a regional purchase and will not be shown nationwide during the game."

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/post_272.html

There was a lot of talk about the "Superbowl" ad pitching gun-control, featuring the mayors of NYC and Boston. But the ad apparently showed in some regional market. Perhaps this was a way to avoid a backlash against the ad and the Superbowl apparatus if the political ad had aired; perhaps it was a way to avoid having to deal with another issue: Why MSM (networks still carry the game) will not post pro-2A ads, even if they are paid for.

Seems this Mayors (against illegal) Guns effort was fart in a hurricane, coming as it were from a mayor who has armed bodyguards.

[bahrbearian]

1. Your right the Ad should have been National

[DonP]

2. Feel free to write MAIG a nice check

I'm sure Bloomie will appreciate your support, or do you just talk about more gun control?

[liberal_biker]

3. Other than presenting Bloomberg and MAIG....

....as the idiots they are, what would be the benefit of it being aired nationally?

[SteveW]

4. Actually, I wish it had been as well...

We could have gauged the public's reaction, and we would have had a productive discussion as to why pro-2A ads are NOT aired.

You may not know about this, but MSM has regularly maintained a policy of not allowing the posting of ads which defend the Second, even if the ads are paid for, up front, by pro-2A organizations.

In other words, pro-2A organizations could not BUY free speech.

I think this is the reason why the ad was not "national:" MSM didn't want to have to deal with that issue. Keep this in mind also: Gun control is by and for the elite. Bloomberg has armed body guards. He can have armed self-defense.

You can't.

[Hoyt]

5. Yea, in some areas of country, drunk gun owners might have shot their TV or worse.

[liberal_biker]

6. It would be nice...

...if you would actually get to know a few gun owners. You'll discover the vast majority are nothing like the stereotype you have manufactured.

[Hoyt]

7. Believe me, I grew up with a bunch. Most should never have been allowed to own them.

Right wing gun owners are the worst by far, IMO.

[Hoyt]

15. You may be the most righteous gun carrier, but others aren't.

To keep you surrounded by guns, we have to allow T-baggers and such to pollute society with their guns, which are often used for intimidation. It's not worth it.

[PavePusher]

17. That's the terrible thing about Freedom and Liberty...

Everyone gets it.

Except you, it seems.

[Hoyt]

18. I don't think "freedom" means we put society at jeopardy so you can tuck a gun in your waistband.

[liberal_biker]

11. You do realize....

...your experiences are not the sum total of human knowledge, right?

[Hoyt]

16. And neither is yours. Try going gunless, if you can.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. Why? There's nothing much in the ad

It's cute, just trying to get traffic to MayorsAgainstSomethingOrOther.org, and a little banter back and forth.

It's a weak ad, kind of pointless. I'd be surprised if it results in more traffic to their site.

Certainly no reason to blow holes in the TV set.

[Hoyt]

19. I don't know, I think gunners like those guys in Arizona who shot up likeness of Obama might get

upset. I doubt they can envision life without that crud. And, there's a lot more like them out there. I bet you know some.

[Union Scribe]

22. Strangely, we don't all seem to hang out

with the heavily armed maniacs you've associated yourself with and beguile us with stories of in so many, many threads.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. some areas . . . care to define that? which areas would you have in mind?

drunk gun owners . . . any? all? care to expand on that?? legal gun owners??



holy fuck.


Link to cite that happened anywhere yesterday, please.

[gejohnston]

14. naww they would be just

reaching for another beer or moonshine jug.

[SteveW]

26. Considering what is on T.V., now, not such a bad ideal. nt

[ileus]

10. Too bad he didn't air it in the South and Midwest

[DonP]

12. He couldn't afford to, gun control people are cheapskates

I'm guessing that the contributions to MAIG run about the same level as the Brady membership drive fund raiser, in short, Zilch to Nada. And the last time I looked, they weren't on the Joyce Foundations Honey Pot list either.

Gun control people seem to wait for other people to do something so they can applaud, then they go back to just talking about it online.

Maybe during the next membership drive for MAIG Bloomie can "tax" his members for 10% of the bribes they were convicted of taking for more TV coverage?

Or better yet, charge every "supporter" a buck for each time they post about how wonderful Bloomie and MAIG is?

OTOH, they probably need it to pay off their lawyers and for fines.

[Hoyt]

20. Having worked for tips, I assure you I tip better than most. And, I don't carry guns in restaurants

And, I don't support right wing groups -- like NRA -- to keep the gun pipeline open.

[DonP]

21. Which gun control groups have you written checks to?

I'm sure you support Brady with more than just your mouth, right? Probably sent a check to Bloomie to help him pay for that Superbowl ad too, right?

Or do you another one that just "talks" gun control, as if online posts actually help win elections?

I find it odd that, for all the people claiming that gun control is a majority position, nobody seems to actually ever get around to writing checks to support it by joining Brady or any other gun control group. All they do is mouth off.

It makes them feel good, but it doesn't do shit in the real world of elections.

As for the NRA? My local Dem US Rep got $29,000 from the NRA and more from the state rifle association in the 2010 election. I guess we should tell her she's a right winger and not to accept anything from them ... because I'm sure she'll be getting checks to match that from you and other gun control enthusiasts for the 2012 election, right?

(But she probably won't be interested, since she belongs to the NRA and state association and shoots in our events regularly.)

She'll be pleasantly surprised.

[aikoaiko]

23. viewers in New York and Boston only saw it -- mere campaigning

[Remmah2]

24. Fantasy Football meets Fantasy Gun Control?

[SteveW]

27. Not as good as the Lingerie Bowl! nt

[spin]

25. I wonder how Bloomberg would define people who should be able to legally own firearms?

The firearm laws are so onerous in the Big Apple that only the rich, the famous and the well connected can navigate through all the hurdles and the expense of obtaining a permit to own a firearm.

I would suspect that he would prefer to limit gun ownership to the 1%.