When New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to get tough on crime in the Big Apple, where does he turn? Naturally, he goes to Arizona. We learn this from an ABC News report about an undercover investigation at an Arizona gun show. This report ominously states that "despite the mass murder" in Tucson in January, people "who likely wouldn't pass a background check can still easily purchase similar weapons." You can take ABC's text or on-air report's word for this since they show none of the undercover footage mentioned. They do link to two videos of an undercover investigator buying handguns. The investigator brings up the issue of a background check himself, something I'm sure criminals commonly do, and in both cases, when told, correctly, by the seller that no check is required, he replies, "That's good, because I probably couldn't pass one." His tone could reasonably be taken for slightly sarcastic or joking. He certainly does not sound ominous. Had...(Read Full Post)