Jim,
I live in NYC and feel very safe here. The gun issue is hard for me, because I have never owned one. My interest in owning one is increasing, but only after I get rigorous training and discpline. If/when I own a gun, I want it to be above board, legal, and use it in the company of the very best men and women.
My question to you is: If you were Mayor of NYC, what specifically would you change about the gun laws here? Which of our laws would you attempt to get rid of, and which new ones, if any, would you implement? And, if your efforts had negative consequences, what would your response to the City be, both in words and actions, as Mayor?
Read and understand and abide by the second amendment. End of discussion.
“...And, if your efforts had negative consequences, what would your response to the City be, both in words and actions, as Mayor?”
The overwhelming historical evidence is that negative consequences are little if any.
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If you were Mayor of NYC, what specifically would you change about the gun laws here?
What kind of billion dollar socialist police-state budget does it take to make you feel safe?
It surprises me that so many residents of New York City actually believe that what is enumerated as a right is actually a perquisite to be dispensed at the pleasure of the chief executive. The bill of rights specified that it was not created to grant rights, but to recognize rights that free men posses by the grace of God.
It saddens me that New Yorkers in general refuse to look at the rest of the United States and see that aside from the obvious constitutional argument, right to carry laws work. Although I frequently quote crime statistics and cite incidents when the innocent use a gun to defend against the criminal, the argument is not about numbers. it should never be about numbers. It is about your rights. You have the right to defend yourself against an attack, using violent and deadly force if need be. Whether a million lives are saved by citizens with concealed weapons every day, or whether it is but one life, it makes no difference. That one person's life is just as sacred to him as anyone else's.
It amazes me that so many people in New York have forgotten that the worst two mass murders in the United States happened in New York City, at the World Trade Center and the Happy Land Social Club, and neither crime involved a gun.
What, if because of your SILLY GUN FREE zones you got 31 people butchered by a mad man that decided not to obey your SILLY gun control laws. Would you hold yourself responsible? Resign your office? Subject yourself to the jurisdiction of the court as an accessory to murder?