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A spat between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the City of New York earned a spot on the national news because of all that attention paid to the shooting spree killing at Virginia Tech. Both CBS and ABC had reporters cover the Bloomberg Gun Giveaway--a raffle with a door prize of a rifle and a pistol--that was picketed by the bereaved parents of Mary Read, one of the students slain in Blacksburg Va. ABC's Dan Harris (subscription required) explained that the Bloomberg in question was New York City's Mayor Michael. Hizzoner ordered a sting operation against gun shops suspected of violating firearms control laws by knowingly selling to straw men, accomplices of those prohibited from making legal purchases. Bloomberg's suspicion was that "Virginia is a key stop in the so-called Iron Pipeline" for illegal guns used in violent crimes in the city. The raffle was staged to celebrate gun ownership. "Bloomberg called the event sick. Gun owners say that is his right--just do not call it illegal," CBS' Sharyn Alfonsi observed.
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