(CBS) JERSEY CITY, N.J. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a coalition of 214 mayors are using the Virginia Tech massacre to pressure Congress to give local cops the information they need to trace illegal guns used in crimes.

CBS 2 has also learned that they're also launching a TV ad campaign starting Sunday.

"We're fighting criminals and illegal guns. Why is Congress fighting us?" Bloomberg said Wednesday.

The ads will start running in four days in New York, Washington and the congressional districts of key gun advocates.

"I don’t want my officers to have their hands tied when it comes to having to deal with the issue of illegal guns for criminals," Bloomberg said.

The ads are funded by Bloomberg, who said he will personally spend whatever it takes to stop a bill that would allow the feds to withhold crucial information on illegal guns needed by local cops.

"In terms of how much money to spend I don't know," Bloomberg said. "The last time I was on a campaign I spent $85 million."

Bloomberg said the Virginia Tech massacre that resulted in 33 deaths should get everyone behind his illegal gun crusade.

"Every day 30 Americans are murdered," he said. "If one day is cause for you to think, what about 365 days?"

Carole Stiller is with the Million Mom March, a group with members who have lost loved ones to gun violence. She said she doesn’t think the Virginia Tech shooter should have had the right to get a gun.

"Because he wanted it and it was his right to have it," Stiller said. "Well, it's our right and it was the 32 other people's rights to not have someone come on campus and shoot them."

The Virginia Tech shooting also reverberated in the presidential race. Trying to woo conservatives, the formerly anti-gun Rudy Giuliani said he supports the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

But Democrats Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama steered clear of the issue, saying only that the massacre was a tragedy.

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Well there are something like 2300 gun laws on the books. Maybe ONE more would cure the worlds ills?

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Gun control WORKS! That's why it is so safe to walk the streets of L.A., Chicago, and D.C. at night.

Why not add one more law; couldn't hurt....

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Michael Bllomberg has been losing more mayors from his coalition than he has been gaining. He talks a good game about going after "illegal guns", but the truth is he is attempting to make more and more guns illegal. Once most mayors figure out his real objective, they abandon his cause.

He uses third party law suits to go after mom and pop gun stores in rural areas where a crime involved gun was purchased. For example, Grandma sell a pistol at her store in small town USA to farmer brown. Farmer brown goes to mis-dize town on business and the gun is stolen. Gun turns up in a robbery gone bad in Newark NJ. Bloomberg sues Grandma as a contributing party.

In addition, he also blackmails grandma, tells her that if she signs a contract, allowing his independant inspectors to drop in and inspect her shop and records at any time, he will not pursue legal action on her.

Sounds like a good idea, can we issue a third party lawsuit against bloomberg because one of his police officers kicked a woman in the head? Can we third party sue him for the wedding party that was shot up by his cops? Nope, he is protected, yet he abuses his authority to do just that to others.

He is backed up by Soros. Enough said.

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64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

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Great Post!

This ad campaign is a terrible waste of money. The good citizens will be the choir that Bloomberg is preaching to and the gun toting criminals will miss it entirely. Just more lip service to appease more voters.

Interesting that Bloomberg is willing to spend whatever it takes, but wants to charge $8 to enter Manhattan by car. Guess he needs more money to pound down that rat hole.

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Why don't the small towns bring suit against N.Y. for bringing a large percentage of the illegal drugs?

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Gun control WORKS! That's why it is so safe to walk the streets of L.A., Chicago, and D.C. at night.

Pockets aren't deep enough I guess.

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64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it.

It's a damn shame. I am born and raised in NY. I love NYC, but I can't stomach this guy, and I have lost faith in my NY bretheren. First Hillary carrying her carpetbag, then Bloomberg buys NYC. I can accept Schumer. I don't approve of him, but at least he has a stake in NY.

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64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it.

I understand wanting to ban illegal guns, but based on the VT shootings? I didn't read that any of the two weapons were illegaly bought.

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Please read your post again...."ban illegal guns?" Some folks would like to ban guns altogether, but ban and illegal don't make sense in the same sentence. Ya can't ban illegal anything.

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