Everytown television ad has opposite effect on The View (Oldie But Goodie)

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15. This may lean a little toward CP politics, but concerning Bloomberg...

I think it is in the realm of possibility that Bloomberg is using the gun control issue as a means to further erode Democratic presence in politics, esp. at the state level where the Party is often non-existent. The man is a "former" Republican, so I doubt he sheds more than crocodile tears when Democrats turn turtle due to his efforts. Further, there is a definite streak of gun prohibition within the GOP: Bennett, Reagan, Nixon, Krauthammer, Bloomberg himself, even John McCain to a degree.

Surely, Bloomberg recognizes the consolidating power of the corporate state, and is quite comfortable with the notion that controls and bans can be accomplished in the near future under the aegis of a corporate consortium, even if the GOPers achieve permanent power. He probably has no love for the Rebel flag-waving, sagebrush-revolting, Bible-hammering far-right, and probably shares the belief with other right-wingers that the "yahoo" crowd can be neutralized in due course, even if gun restrictions begin in earnest. He may be wrong about this, but he is a corporate stateist, and is subject to its core belief of authoritarian autocracy and will act accordingly to ensure a state monopoly on violence.