{"id":124752,"date":"2020-02-20T10:42:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=124752"},"modified":"2020-02-20T10:42:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:32:06","slug":"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\/","title":{"rendered":"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"694\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BloombergMikeEverytown-1.png\" alt=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\" class=\"wp-image-124754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BloombergMikeEverytown-1.png 1012w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BloombergMikeEverytown-1-400x274.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BloombergMikeEverytown-1-150x103.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BloombergMikeEverytown-1-768x527.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><figcaption>(<em>Photo: Everytown)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun control group bankrolled by billionaire presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, is treading lightly with their benefactor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everytown&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wamu.org\/story\/20\/02\/14\/what-bloomberg-got-wrong-about-reducing-gun-violence-in-his-2015-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\">distanced<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;itself from Bloomberg\u2019s recently surfaced comments about his \u201cstop and frisk\u201d program he supervised as the New York City mayor. He said at a 2015 Aspen Institute appearance, \u201cNinety-five percent of your murders and murderers and murder victims fit one M.O. You can just take the description and Xerox it and pass it out to all the cops. They are male minorities 15 to 25.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloomberg added, \u201cThat\u2019s true in New York. That\u2019s true in virtually every city in America. And that\u2019s where the real crime is. You\u2019ve got to get the guns out of the hands of the people that are getting killed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That leak got Bloomberg all sorts of news coverage, and not the kind he wanted. He\u2019s under fire in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/katy-tur\/watch\/bloomberg-under-fire-for-stop-and-frisk-policing-as-nyc-mayor-78698565825\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\"><strong>news media<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BloombergIsRacist?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1227208486121070592&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fbloombergisracist-trends-second-resurfaced-clip-shows-dem-candidate-saying-we-disproportionately-1486722\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\">#Bloombergisracist<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;was&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/bloombergisracist-trends-second-resurfaced-clip-shows-dem-candidate-saying-we-disproportionately-1486722\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\">trending<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;on Twitter. It\u2019s also got Everytown sidestepping the guy who foots the bill. Everytown told media it is independent of Bloomberg. But that\u2019s hardly true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Money Buys Friends<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloomberg founded the group. He sits on the board. He\u2019s the national chair. He started the group with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/philanthropynewsdigest.org\/news\/bloomberg-to-launch-50-million-gun-control-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\"><strong>$50 million<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in seed money and has since opened the spigot to an unending cash flow that the group admits still provides nearly a third of its $35 million annual operating budget. He combined his Moms Demand Action and failed Mayors Against Illegal Guns into the burgeoning gun control machine. Bloomberg\u2019s money paid for Everytown\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/gun-controls-godfather-is-in\/?hilite=%272.5%27%2C%27million%27\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\"><strong>$2.5 million<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0money dump into Virginia to flip the General Assembly blue for gun control. The Commonwealth\u2019s politicians are mostly delivering on the down payment by passing unprecedented gun control. He was only stymied when the state Senate Judiciary Committee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/virginia-assault-weapon-ban-magazine-confiscation-defeated-in-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\"><strong>voted down<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0HB 961, which would have banned a wide swath of modern sporting rifles, shotguns and handguns and criminalized the possession of standard capacity magazines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/delaware-senator-refuses-to-apologize-for-saying-gun-control-could-cause-another-holocaust\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\">Delaware Senator Refuses to Apologize for Saying Gun Control Could Cause Another Holocaust<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloomberg\u2019s hardly been covert about his goals. He spent more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/nation-world\/bloombergs-billions-how-the-candidate-built-an-empire-of-influence\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\"><strong>$100 million<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;for Democrats to take control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. He\u2019s spent $268 million on his three campaigns, where he got New York City to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-newyork-bloomberg\/ny-council-extends-term-limit-so-bloomberg-can-run-idUSTRE49M70J20081023\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\"><strong>change laws<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to give him a third term and made $23 million in campaign contributions to others. Last year, he pledged&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/02\/13\/michael-bloomberg-trump-2020-1167159\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\"><strong>$500 million<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to unseat President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2020 Gun Control Buy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than a month ago, Everytown pledged&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/michael-bloombergs-gun-safety-group-announces-60-million-spending-plan-for-2020-elections\/2020\/01\/27\/fcedb218-412c-11ea-aa6a-083d01b3ed18_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\"><strong>$60 million<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;of Bloomberg\u2019s cash targeting congressional and gubernatorial races in Colorado, North Carolina and Arizona, among other states. Moms Demand Action, a gun control companion organization also founded and funded by Bloomberg, refused to say what portion of those funds would be directed by former New York City mayor himself. Everytown pledged $250,000 each for gun control in&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penncapital-star.com\/commentary\/exclusive-gun-group-everytown-launches-250k-digital-ad-campaign-in-pa-to-move-stalled-bills-thursday-morning-coffee\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\">Pennsylvania<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duluthnewstribune.com\/news\/government-and-politics\/4921689-Everytown-for-Gun-Safety-to-make-250k-ad-buy-aim-to-put-Minn.-Senate-on-notice\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\">Minnesota<\/a>,<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/article239852743.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\"><strong>North Carolina<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2020\/02\/16\/red-flag-gun-control-proposal-iowa-bloomberg-column\/4761638002\/?utm_source=feedblitz&amp;utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&amp;utm_campaign=news-opinion\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\">Iowa<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloomberg dropped a cool&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/bloomberg-super-bowl-ad-inflates-child-deaths-to-push-for-gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\"><strong>$10 million<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;for a gun control ad during the Superbowl, that drew on misleading statistics from Everytown to further his gun grabbing agenda. He\u2019s promised to spend $1 billion dollars to defeat President Trump and he\u2019s already spent almost $400 million on his effort to buy the Democratic nomination for president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning a back to that kind of money is turning out to be a tough decision for Everytown. Bloomberg\u2019s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/mike-bloomberg-net-worth-compared-to-other-candidates\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\">$62 billion fortune<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is too much for Everytown to walk away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Larry Keane&nbsp;<\/strong><em>is Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and General Counsel for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-distances-bloomberg-comments-but-addicted-to-his-billions\" title=\"Everytown Distances Bloomberg Comments But Addicted to His Billions\">National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>, the firearms industry trade association.<\/em><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" 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