New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has made headlines in recent weeks after several Ohio mayors quit his gun control front group (with many saying they were misled, and others saying they had never agreed to join the first place), has announced the results of an investigation of seven gun shows in Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada.

Bloomberg used New York City tax dollars to fund what amounts to a personal investigation, which he claims proves "just how easy it is for criminals and the mentally ill to walk in and buy guns -- no questions asked."

"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has identified gun shows as the source of more than 30% of all illegally trafficked guns in the country," said Bloomberg today. "Those are the guns most likely to be used in crimes -- and to kill innocent people, including police officers."

Bloomberg's claims, however, do not agree with established facts.

FACT: Mayor Bloomberg's statistic of "30% of crime guns come from gun shows" is a complete fabrication. They carefully refer to it as "ATF estimate." They use this statistic twice in his PDF and multiple times in the news conference. Yet recommendations in Bloomberg's report include "have the ATF keep track of guns that come from gun shows." (page 29) ATF has no basis for that estimate. Here are some hard figures:

The Los Angeles Times recently reported on a Rasmussen Reports poll commissioned by Outdoor Life Magazine, which sought to gauge opinion on whether the Constitution guarantees the right to own a gun and, asked for opinions on what was behind the recent increase in gun sales.

An overwhelming majority of Americans, including Republicans and Democrats, agree that the Constitution guarantees an individual right to own a gun.

According to letter from NRA National Instructor Trainer John Howard to NRA certified instructors, the organization was mistaken in its initial believe that old basic pistol shooting course examiniations could be used with the newly revised Basic Pistol Handbook.

And the NRA is thanking an NRA Certified Instructor from Ohio for not only notifying them of changes, but also for submitting a detailed rewrite.