Via AFP:

Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is spending $50 million against the powerful US gun lobby, was the target Friday of an angry NRA, which hailed firearm freedoms at its annual convention.

"Mr. Bloomberg, you're an arrogant hypocrite," Chris Cox, who heads the National Rifle Association's lobbying arm, told a crowd of gun enthusiasts who booed upon hearing the former mayor's name.

Being a billionaire "does not entitle you to tell us how to live our lives," Cox added about Bloomberg, who did not attend the association's annual meeting and exhibit in Indianapolis.

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