Mike Bloomberg Just Lost My Vote With His Super Bowl Ad – Reason.com

Mike Bloomberg Just Lost My Vote With His Super Bowl Ad – Reason.com
"The billionaire former three-term mayor of New York panders to Democratic loyalists rather than laying out a vision for a prosperous, tolerant America.
Many Americans will basically be meeting Mike Bloomberg for the first time today, when the billionaire former three-term mayor of New York City drops an ad costing a reported $11 million during the Super Bowl. 
...But based on his commercial, which is about gun violence in America, Bloomberg has already lost my potential vote. 
Let me explain.
...But that Super Bowl ad kills whatever minor buzz he gave me. 
This is how he chooses to intro himself to the voting public? 
The ad recounts the tragic, senseless shooting death of a young black man...
... All of the things that Bloomberg suggests are either already basically the law or won't have the effects supporters claim. 
As my Reason colleague Jacob Sullum has written, background checks will do nothing to stop mass shootings because "perpetrators of these attacks typically do not have disqualifying criminal or psychiatric records." 
Beyond that, passing more and stricter laws generally don't stop criminals, who don't follow laws, from getting guns. 
...Given his billions, Bloomberg can afford to follow his bliss when it comes to campaigning, but I know I'll be looking elsewhere for a candidate to support.