Posted June 15, 2015 12:31 pm by Comments

By Bob Owens

Not willing to accept the continuing failure of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Moms Demand Action, and Everytown to stem the tide of gun rights laws expanding across most of the nation, Michael Bloomberg has announced the launch of yet another gun control initiative, a Think Progress/Media Matters inspired propaganda site called “The Trace.”

The launch of another news site by Bloomberg, the former New York mayor, head of the Bloomberg news operation, and funder of several anti-gun sites including Mayors Against Illegal Guns, comes as President Obama and Democrats are trying to revive their gun control agenda. Last week, legislation was proposed, for example, to require a police-issued license prior to buying a handgun.

The Trace is headed by former New Republic story editor James Burnett. He didn’t respond to an email question about the project, one sign of the secrecy around it. His Twitter account describes him as “editorial director, a site to be named later.” But his Twitter handle gives it away: “TraceBurnett.”

And a reporter working a story for the website described herself as “a freelance writer for The Trace, a soon-to-be-launched online news magazine about guns and gun rights.”

In the only story about The Trace, New York’s …read more

Source:: Bearing Arms

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