“Those residents need to understand that not standing in opposition to what their legislators are doing may have consequences.”
Please explain what the hell this has to do with the subject at hand?
The laws in question here are laws of NEW YORK CITY.
Concealed carry is legal in NY STATE.
#1 Get a map.
#2 Learn that not everyone from NY is from NYC.
#3 Learn that the residents of NY STATE have no say over laws made in and for NY CITY.
#4 License plates identify the STATE in which a vehicle is registered. It does NOT identify the CITY in which it is registered.
I live in NY. I do not live in or anywhere near NYC. Yet my plates are the same.
Why the hell should I have to be targeted by a bunch of geography challenged dopes because of something a bunch of liberals 200 miles away from me are doing?
I was actually planning a trip this summer that would have included driving in, and spending a fair chunk of money in Tennessee. I just cancelled those plans.
I also lived in Upstate New York for a period. In fact, owned 36 acres up there. I know exactly how New York State works. Wouldn’t go back up there ever.
When the LEO runs your license plate number it gives him/her the city you live in.
So relax if you are not from NYC.
NY State does have the responsibility to make sure NY city recognizes the full faith and credit of the documents of the other U.S. States.
If New York State does not want to enforce reciprocity, the Tennessee is not inclined to do likewise for New Yorkers in Tennessee.
It is as simple as that.