Yet another reason to avoid that Marxist hell hole.
Free states need to stop honoring NY drivers licenses until they establish CCW reciprocity.
Posted on 11/01/2006 12:52:06 PM PST by presidio9
ALBANY - The city should slash the number of people who are allowed to carry concealed weapons, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday.
"We've taken a look at it to see whether we couldn't have fewer," Bloomberg said. "I can tell you one thing: We will keep it to as a minimum as we possibly can."
Bloomberg added that he has asked Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to tackle the issue.
"If you want a gun permit, you should have to really show that your life is in danger, and that having a gun will protect you, will improve the chances of you surviving," the mayor said.
He added that he doesn't have a problem with people who own guns to hunt, but said it doesn't make sense for those in densely populated urban areas.
"I do think that having concealed weapons on the streets of major cities is not something that is in the interests of the citizens of those cities in this day and age, and I don't think the founding fathers really thought about that when they drafted the Constitution," Bloomberg said.
The mayor has been on a much-publicized national campaign to crack down on illegal guns and dealers who sell them.
Yesterday, he traveled to the state Capitol to join Gov. Pataki, who signed a law that will strengthen penalties against those who are carrying a loaded, illegal weapon at the time of their arrest, as long as its outside the home or workplace.
Pataki said, though, that he supports the current law regarding the number of permit-holders.
"I think the law we have is a very good law, and right now, you have to have a permit and I think that is appropriate," he said.
Gun-rights supporters blasted
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---NYC must be other-wise perfect, for the Mayoress to spend so much time beating a dead horse--
So the SOB admits it is a Constitutional right! What a piece of work.
IB4TP
Mikie will never be Pres. Not even the Dims would elect him that alone the Rs.
Bloomy must be voted out!
Term limits. He cant run again. (Not that he wants to).
Just....WOW!
Maybe Tom Ognibene, but he has no money to compete with Bloomberg.
Just can't stand this guy
Yet another reason to avoid that Marxist hell hole.
Free states need to stop honoring NY drivers licenses until they establish CCW reciprocity.
does this apply to his, chucky's and rosie's bodygaurds?
they don't need licenses, their lives aren't in danger.
ping
the dynamics of CCW in a major city, as opposed to the "heartland" - are two totally different things. living in a major city is stressful, you come into contact with alot of people everyday, alot of possible confrontations (just boarding a subway train). if everyone were carrying a gun, there would be dozens of shootings per day just over these incidents.
That's right. During the 1780s, when the Constitution was being drafted, humans lived in the wilderness as loose tribal groups of hunter-gatherers. With their smaller brains and stunted intellectual development, no one in those days could imagine modern innovations like 'cities' and 'guns.'
Amazing isn't it. He has admitted that they are violating the law of the land.
"If you want a gun permit, you should have to really show that your life is in danger, and that having a gun will protect you, will improve the chances of you surviving," the mayor said.
Are there criminals? Are they everywhere? Then, our lives are in danger.
D-uh.
I think the opposite is true:
Crime tends to be much higher in big cities. I think hoolums would be far less inspired to attack little old ladies if they could never be sure which little old lady was concealing a handgun in her shopping cart. Guns are the great equalizer.
Read post 18 to see me come to the defense of pistol-packing grannies everywhere.
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