{"id":14395,"date":"2017-04-17T11:03:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T15:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14395"},"modified":"2017-04-17T11:03:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T15:03:17","slug":"nydailynews-hysteria-on-reciprocity-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14395","title":{"rendered":"@NYDailyNews hysteria on reciprocity bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some PSH from the Daily News on reciprocity<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Look around, look around, New York City, at how lucky we are to be alive right now: Over nearly three decades, Gotham has led the country in protecting ever more of its people from the ravages of violence \u2014 particularly violence at the barrel of a gun. From the peak of the crack-fueled murder epidemic in 1990, murders here have plunged by 84% and shootings by 81%, driven in no small part by the NYPD\u2019s<\/a> vigorous enforcement of some of the strongest gun laws in the nation …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Except New York’s gun laws weren’t designed as a public safety measure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“… Now, a very real threat to that living legacy winds its way through the halls of Congress down in Washington …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Big Tim” Sullivan<\/a> must be laughing in his grave over this.<\/p>\n

“… The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act<\/a> \u2014 a National Rifle Association<\/a> dream \u2014 would be a nightmare for cops looking to keep New Yorkers, and themselves, safe on city streets …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a nightmare only in so far as it disproves the long held liberal\/progressive belief that more guns = more crime.<\/p>\n

“… In a country where 55 million people, spread across states as diverse as the very landscape, own guns, reciprocity would force our densely populated city to accept lowest-common-denominator rules from places where anyone who can move a trigger finger can legally wield a firearm …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What exactly does population density have to do with where and when people can legally carry a firearm?<\/p>\n

“… Eleven states allow residents to carry firearms without any permit whatsoever \u2014 meaning, without so much as a background check …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Given that constitutional carry is a recent change, what does this say about the effectiveness of gun control laws as a crime deterrent?<\/p>\n

“… Florida has issued permits to 1,400 felons, 216 people with outstanding warrants, 128 with domestic violence injunctions against them, and a half-dozen registered sex offenders …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Convicted felons cannot legally possess firearms. Period.<\/p>\n

If this is an issue in Florida, is there any serious effort to change the laws there? No.<\/p>\n

“… No one could legally stop a Floridian from flying or driving here, gun in tow …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is stopping them now? The law? There’s no magic barrier surrounding the City.<\/p>\n

“… It\u2019s not that we envision hordes of violent tourists terrorizing innocent New Yorkers …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So the problem is what?<\/p>\n

“… It\u2019s that residents of New York could easily take a short trip, get armed and come back \u2014 instantly undermining every gun law we have …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Aha! Locals are the problem. Floridians with guns are ok, but native New Yorkers? Fuggedaboutit.<\/p>\n

“… Officers of the NYPD are charged with enforcing the statutes of the city and state. Under that framework, they must make split-second judgment calls about what to do when they see, for instance, a bulge in a jacket or in a pant leg. In a world of concealed carry reciprocity, a thick fog will set in: They will have no way of knowing whether the people they encounter might be legally carrying. Which will add an untold dimension of danger to every interaction …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Police in other municipalities already deal with this yet they do not appear to have any issues. Do the DPD<\/a> have special cognitive powers others do not, or are the NYPD just a bunch of idiots?<\/p>\n

“… And since there is no national gun permit database, if this legislation \u2014 which President Trump<\/a> has promised to sign \u2014 becomes law, the NYPD would be powerless to determine promptly whether a given gun permit is legit …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Suspects are to be presumed innocent and individuals cannot be stopped without just cause.\u00a0 Merely being suspected of carrying a concealed firearm should not give cause for anyone to be stopped by police.<\/p>\n

“… Imagine: Ever more armed New Yorkers able to assert that they\u2019re allowed to carry, and cops with no way of knowing otherwise …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Imagine New Yorkers being able to legally do what the overwhelming majority of people living outside the beltway already do.<\/p>\n

“… The danger is clear and present. And the hypocrisy from a Republican Party<\/a> that 10 minutes ago claimed to revere states\u2019 rights is enough to choke on. If you don\u2019t get shot first.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is why the Daily News’ circulation is way down<\/a>.<\/p>\n