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New York Mayor Calls for Tougher Gun Purchasing Background Checks
11 January 2011
New York Daily News
Mayor Bloomberg called for toughening the nation's gun-purchasing background check system Thursday.
His demands included closing a loophole that would have prevented the drug-addicted Arizona assassin from buying a firearm.
Madman Jared Lee Loughner shot 20 people at point-blank rage - including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords - but never should have been allowed to purchase a gun if a background screening was done correctly, Bloomberg argued.
"The law says that drug abusers... (GunPolicy.org)