NYT/AP: N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg Hosts Gun Control Summit (of mayors)

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N.Y. Mayor Hosts Gun Control Summit
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 25, 2006

NEW YORK (AP) -- The mayors of more than a dozen U.S. cities gathered at a summit aimed at purging the streets of illegal guns, with organizers saying the federal government is not doing enough to stop the problem.

''If the leadership won't come from Congress or from the White House, it will have to come from us,'' said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who led the summit with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.

The mayors -- from cities including Washington, Philadelphia, Dallas, Milwaukee and Seattle -- gathered to exchange ideas, consult with experts and promote law enforcement cooperation among their cities.

They signed a resolution to combat gun violence, and Bloomberg said they hope to come back in greater numbers for a gathering later this year. The mayors hope to eventually establish a public relations campaign to pressure the federal government and state legislatures.

Menino said he met recently with a sixth-grade class in Boston in which nine out of 10 pupils said they knew where they could find a gun. The 73 homicides in Boston last year marked the highest number in 10 years, he said....

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Mayors-Guns.html

[saigon68]

1. MORE GUNS ARE NEEDED

[jody]

2. Same old gun-control BS. "It also promises to give those who commit crimes

the harshest punishment allowed and to target gun dealers who break the law. And the mayors resolved to support legislation to fight gun crimes and to develop technology to detect and trace illegal guns."

Why not demand the U.S. Attorney General prosecute every criminal convicted in state courts of a crime involving a firearm?

Why do cities like Washington, Philadelphia, Dallas, Milwaukee and Seattle have so much crime when other areas with more guns have lower crime rates?