Getting rid of assault weapons is `` what we 've really got to work on , '' Bloomberg says . And if you can save one life , is n't that worth trying ? '' The mayor said he would push for a ban on high-capacity magazines and other gun control measures in the wake of last week's mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Obama 's new measures probably would n't have prevented the Newtown shooting , he says . Still , the New York mayor says , `` fewer guns means you and your children are safer ''
Getting rid of assault weapons is `` what we 've really got to work on , '' Bloomberg says . The mayor said he would push for a ban on high-capacity magazines and other gun control measures in the wake of last week's mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Obama 's new measures probably would n't have prevented the Newtown shooting , he says . Still , the New York mayor says , `` fewer guns means you and your children are safer ''