Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg - who poured funds of up to 50 million U.S. dollars, or around Rp 550 billion to control gun ownership in the U.S. - received harsh criticism from the United States Rifle Association , NRA .NRA criticism with anger performed in the organization 's annual meeting held on Friday ( 04/25/2014 ) . It was responding to measures that officially states Bloomberg would take various steps in order to firearm ownership among U.S. citizens can be controlled .
" Mr . Bloomberg , you are someone arrogant and hypocritical . Becoming a billionaire , you apparently do not understand our lives , " said Chris Cox chairman of the division of the NRA lobby .
" You try to get out of the house and were in our armory . 's Because freedom can not be traded , " he continued .
In the annual meeting , held this time , the NRA makes Michael Bloomberg as the main target of criticism . Photos owners of media companies and financial data were fitted in the corner of the room , accompanied by a variety of four-letter words .
Meanwhile , Chairman of the NRA Wayne LaPierre in a video clip played in the meeting expressed the issues brought by Bloomberg related restrictions that gun ownership is an elitist issue . " Our friend this one tried to frighten us with trying to tamper with the right to freedom we have guns , " LaPierre said Bloomberg quipped .
LaPierre stated one way against Bloomberg campaign is to not elect MPs who support the Second Amendment .
In the NRA 's annual meeting held this week , the members of this organization showcased a variety of automatic weapons and semi-automatic fire -counter in the U.S. market .
NRA is the largest group of lobbyists with an interest in firearms sales in the U.S. . Some members of this group is a politician of the Republican Party . NRA plans to ask the presidential candidates are pro firearm sales in the 2016 election , in which one of them is Senator Marco Rubio and Governor of Louisiana , Bobby Jindal .
Bloomberg recently announced that he will spend millions of dollars from his own pocket to reduce the misuse of firearms in the U.S. .
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