and these f'n scumbags aren't in custody because??? 
Posted on 06/25/2016 7:51:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A corruption probe at the New York Police Department has cast a harsh light on how people get handgun permits in a city that boasts some of the nation’s toughest gun laws.
Federal prosecutors say a shady fixer’s cash bribes induced officers working in NYPD’s licensing division to rubber-stamp dozens of gun applications, circumventing stringent background checks intended to weed out candidates with criminal records, mental health problems and other red flags. The potential public safety breach comes amid a national debate over whether easy access to weapons fueled the Orlando massacre and other mass shootings. …
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It’s always been who you know and many times what you “can do” for the decision maker in the “may issue” jurisdictions.
You can bet that Bloomberg’s private militia and the other militias got theirs quickly without checks after paying out. You’ll find the same with Chicago and all the other “tough gun laws” localities.
The “national debate” consisted mostly of gun-grabbers talking to each other in the MSM.
Crooked is, as crooked does. So why does any state need MORE gun control?? Obviously the CRIMINALS do not obey laws...so only the law-abiding suffer.
“We need a national conversation” = “You’re about to get royally screwed from your personal rights.”
...why does any state need MORE gun control??....
The key word is CONTROL. Control of every facet of Americans lives from cradle to the grave. Regulation and control are the life blood of Liberalism.
Post of the week! So true!
There’s a long history of that sort of stuff in Illinois.....except it’s usually only for driver’s licenses.
Yep, in may issue states, only those with political connections and celebrities can get a carry permit.
Isn’t that how it works in banana republics?
A little juice to the man in charge and you get the permit(s).
Yeah, I’m watching Blue Bloods with Tom Selleck as the NYPD commissioner and I would not ever think that the New York PD would be corrupt. Is the TV show feeding me a line of utopia that is just not for real?!
They could eliminate this form of corruption if they just followed the 2nd Amendment. No permits, no bribes.
and these f'n scumbags aren't in custody because???
The fact that many permits were issued which “should not” have been issued. puts the lie to the argument that permits should be highly restricted for public safety.
In all the time that these “phony permits” were around and being used, there has not been even one case of misuse.
Tell me again why an enumerated right must be restricted when we have done the experiment and discovered that there is no harm at all from a much lesser restriction.
Give it to the AP to spin a story of citizens having to bribe police to exercise their constitutional rights as one of citizens corrupting police who are protecting those citizens from themselves.
Positively Orwellian. In no other U.S. city is it so difficult to obtain a permit merely to own a handgun. In most, no permit is required. NYC is directly violating the Second Amendment every day.
37,000 permits in a city of 8.4 million. About 6,000 carry permits, most of those to retired police. It is an utter, complete disgrace, a blot on the nation.
......yet LAW abiding citizens are denied.
Criminal.
It’s a lie as is everything liberals do.
It isn’t national (when was the last time.they brought in people from flyover country for the discussion?), and it also is not a two way conversation (how often do they bring ardent 2A proponents into the discussion? Almost never).
The criminals are always going to be armed.
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