Didn't take long

A couple of days ago New York City Mayor Bloomberg called on both presumed presidential candidates, Obama and Romney, to stand up and tell us specifically what they would do to make incidents like the recent shooting in the Colorado theater less likely to happen in the future. Now both of them have.

From Obama:

Asked on Sunday whether Mr. Obama favored new gun control initiatives, his spokesman, Jay Carney, twice said the main focus of the president — who four years ago called for an assault-weapons ban — was to “protect Second Amendment rights.”

“He believes we need to take steps that protect Second Amendment rights of the American people but that ensure that we are not allowing weapons into the hands of individuals who should not, by existing law, obtain those weapons,” Mr. Carney said…

[All the weapons used in Colorado or legally acquired – Ed]

From Romney:

For his part, Mr. Romney reiterated Monday that he saw no need to renew the federal ban on assault weapons that expired in 2004.

“I still believe that the Second Amendment is the right course to preserve and defend and don’t believe that new laws are going to make a difference in this type of tragedy,” Mr. Romney told CNBC.

(Both quotes from today's New York Times.)

So, in other words, nothing.

Live with it (or die). Or find a third-party candidate to support.