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Ex-Mayor Bloomberg Starting $50 Million Gun-Control Network

Source: reuters.com
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ramped up his efforts to fight gun violence on Wednesday with a plan to spend $50 million on a grassroots network to organize voters on gun control.

The initiative’s political target is the powerful pro-gun lobby, including the National Rifle Association, that spends millions of dollars each year to back gun-rights supporters.

Bloomberg’s group, called Everytown for Gun Safety, will focus on state and local lawmakers, "corporate boards, and state and federal elections - fields of play formerly occupied almost solely by the gun lobby," according to a statement.

"This is the beginning of a major new campaign to reduce the gun violence that plagues communities across the country," Bloomberg said in a statement. "There is no question that more needs to be done to tackle this deadly problem."

The billionaire Bloomberg told NBC’s "Today" show he did not view the $50 million investment as a "heavy political lift."

"Thirty-one thousand Americans either get murdered or commit suicide with illegal guns. That’s the heavy lift," he said.

The initiative will focus on expanding background checks for gun buyers at state and national levels, rather than on sweeping federal weapons bans.

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