If A Conservative Had Said What Bloomberg Just Said About Guns and Minorities He'd Be Crucified

Former NYC Mayor and full time gun grabber Michael Bloomberg just told an audience in Aspen, CO that minorities are responsible for 95% of gun violence and should be disarmed.

Via Twitchy:

Michael Bloomberg, who poured millions of his own money into Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the gun control group he helped found during a summit at Gracie Mansion, was back to talking about guns Friday night to a sold-out crowd at the Aspen Institute.

While Bloomberg’s talk touched on a number of subjects, tweeter @Popehat noticed something mentioned almost as an aside in the Aspen Times’ coverage of the event. Reporter Karl Herchenroeder noted that Bloomberg called for disarming young minority men in particular.

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Bloomberg claimed that 95 percent of murders fall into a specific category: male, minority and between the ages of 15 and 25. Cities need to get guns out of this group’s hands and keep them alive, he said.

“These kids think they’re going to get killed anyway because all their friends are getting killed,” Bloomberg said. “They just don’t have any long-term focus or anything. It’s a joke to have a gun. It’s a joke to pull a trigger.”

As you might expect reaction was swift and harsh:

Mike Bloomberg says government should work to disarm minority males under 25. Ku Klux Klan shouts YES! http://t.co/9DMGfny3IW @CamEdwards

— Popehat (@Popehat) February 7, 2015

If a politician said this about anything other than guns, he’d be forced to recant and forever marked “racist.” pic.twitter.com/E5vdql2rbx

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 7, 2015

@charlescwcooke Funny how the Ku Klux Klan’s program on gun control has suddenly become mainstream.

— Popehat (@Popehat) February 7, 2015

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@Popehat @charlescwcooke Wait, did Bloomberg say young black men should not be allowed to have guns? Um… wow.

— John Kukovich (@force28x) February 7, 2015

Do you agree that if a conservative had said minorities should be disarmed it would be the top story in the mainstream media for the next week? Why does Bloomberg get a pass?