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Bloomberg's persistent call for gun control

August 25, 2012 9:32 PM By ELLIS HENICAN ellis@henican.com

Mayor Michael Bloomberg

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Ellis Henican

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'Once again, there's an awful lot of guns out there."

Michael Bloomberg, one of the few politicians in America willing to speak frankly about gun violence, was raising the topic again. How could he not?

A seething middle-aged man, fighting demons real or imagined, had just turned Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street into a free-fire zone.

There would be plenty of time to sort out the depressing...

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