NY mayor authorizes sting operation in Arizona

Arizona - Arizona’s attorney general came out guns blazing when he learned that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg authorized a sting operation at a Phoenix gun show. Attorney General Tom Horne said Bloomberg overstepped his power by not informing authorities in Arizona about the plan to send undercover investigators to gun shows to test how easily a gun can be purchased. Horne called the investigation a “public relations stunt.” and went further. Horne did his own sting, aimed at Bloomberg’s job performance, reminding the mayor, who’s still trying to dig his approval ratings out of record amounts of snow, that crime statistics show major crimes have increased the past year in the Big Apple.  More…