—I’m rather amazed that someone believed they could carry a concealed handgun in NYC.—
Especially after that Bernard Goetz thing. Heck, in SeaTac airport a lady tried to “check” a loaded revolver at customer service AFTER she got through security because she knew she was not allowed to take it on the plane.
Nothing happened to her that I am aware of because the authorities understood the “spirit” of what was going on there.
With this nurse, it’s a little bit more difficult to “laugh off” because once she saw the cop, she was a citizen with a handgun in NYC. He can’t just point her somewhere. He’s got to either arrest her or escort her out of town. It is one reason we need that national law where they accept your CC from any state just as they let you drive with a drivers license from any state.
I agree. How is it that states are supposed to recognize each other’s law on marriage, especially if it means gay marriage, yet can ignore gun laws?
>He’s got to either arrest her or escort her out of town. It is one reason we need that national law where they accept your CC from any state just as they let you drive with a drivers license from any state.
Nope. At that point if he DOES arrest her then *he* becomes the felon:
US CODE, TITLE 18, PART I, CHAPTER 13, § 242. — Deprivation of rights under color of law
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.