Headline from the Post says it all, “2nd dubious gun-carry bust“:
“A jeweler from Indiana who came to New York on business got busted trying to check his licensed handgun at the Empire State Building, the latest example of prosecutors taking a hard-line stance against tourists who pack heat. Ryan Jerome, 28, a former Marine tail gunner, is facing 3 1/2 years in jail as Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance pursues felony weapons charges …”
Bloomberg has to be pushing for prosecution. If he called up Vance’s office and asked him to go easy on the guy he would.
“… Jerome’s Sept. 27 arrest came during Jerome’s first visit to the Big Apple, where he arrived with $15,000 worth of gold that he was selling to a refinery on Long Island. Jerome said he needs the gun for his business, and that he has a concealed-weapon permit from his home state …”
He couldn’t sell it in his home state? I see commercials all the time advertising selling unwanted metals and jewelry.
“… “I always check the gun laws. I assumed I was good to go.” He and his girlfriend planned to make the sale and return immediately, but because gold prices had plummeted, they decided to stay a few days — hoping to wait out a price rebound. The safe at their midtown hotel was full, so “we had to carry the gold around wherever we went,” he said …”
Gun or not, I would not carry that much gold around NYC. I know it’s only 9-10 oz. or so, but still.
“… To pass the time they visited the Empire State Building. Jerome says he informed a ticket seller about his gun and was told to go to the building’s security office and check his weapon, a .45 Ruger. Security called the cops, who promptly charged Jerome with weapon possession …”
Opps.
“… Jerome spent two days locked up at 100 Centre Street before getting out on bail and returning home …”
He didn’t deserve that.
All this is going to accomplish is helping to push H.R. 822 through the Senate. Bloomberg, and by extension MAIG, are hurting their own agenda by screwing over otherwise decent citizens like this guy.
Bloomberg’s agenda, and his bought-and-paid-for puppet, MAIG’s agenda *is* screwing over otherwise decent citizens. That’s why people call them “Mayors Against Legal Guns”.
They hate us because we’re free, and they want to criminalize all of us for what they call “gun possession”, which we call the right to keep and bear arms.
Hopefully, H.R.822 will eventually become law, and that tiny, little man with too much money who runs NYC will have to recognize that New Yorkers have rights as Americans.