[NYC GOP Chick]

Yes, I get it -- this all about your obsession with gun laws.

I'll tell you what: when it's YOUR city that's about to be under siege and have to pay through the nose for the privilege, *then* you can lecture us about the "rights" of rioters and thugs.

As I once told a pro-abort type at my old job, nothing -- not even rights explicitly stated in the Bill of Rights -- is absolute and without restrictions. (He was staunchly against *any* restrictions on abortion, fearing that it would lead down the "slippery slope" to banning it, so he instead supported infanticide [partial birth abortions].)

Just as I am free to stand outside and yell my support of Bush from the nearest corner, I can't block a building's doorway or a subway entrance to do it. I also can't violate noise ordinances.

What permits *will* do is allow the NYPD to get at something of a handle on who's going to be where and when, and plan appropriately.

And all this is on top of trying to watch out for and prevent potential terrorist acts. Get real already.

[bolobaby]

And what makes you think that the anarchists are even going to apply for a permit... thereby giving the police a heads up as to where they will be? Odds are 10 to 1 that the people who cause the problems in NYC won't even have permits. Wanna take that bet?

I'll give the police a big hint: you don't need permits to figure out where the anarchists will show up. They will be at or around the convention and/or other major landmarks in the city.

[bolobaby]

And what makes you think that the anarchists are even going to apply for a permit... thereby giving the police a heads up as to where they will be? Odds are 10 to 1 that the people who cause the problems in NYC won't even have permits. Wanna take that bet?

I'll give the police a big hint: you don't need permits to figure out where the anarchists will show up. They will be at or around the convention and/or other major landmarks in the city.