{"id":29824,"date":"2025-12-11T16:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29824"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:47:10","slug":"2nd-elected-official-calls-for-exorcising-gun-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29824","title":{"rendered":"2nd elected official calls for exorcising gun rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29510\">only the second time<\/a> an elected official from New York has publicly called for citizens to exercise their 2A rights for self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Inside <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/10\/us-news\/gun-toting-republican-nyc-pol-off-the-hook-after-bringing-firearm-to-anti-israel-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\">this article<\/a> from the Post is this statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/district-48\/\" target=\"_blank\">Councilwoman Inna Vernikov<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Gun-toting Republican Brooklyn lawmaker Inna Vernikov won\u2019t face repercussions <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/04\/metro\/nyc-pol-inna-vernikov-bought-gun-following-death-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\">for bringing a firearm to a pro-Palestinian college rally<\/a> \u2014 despite tough talk from progressive City Council members &#8230; \u201cCarrying a weapon into public assembly, especially an assembly which consists of masked supporters of \u2018Globalize the Intifada,\u2019 is not only appropriate, but is necessary,\u201d she said. <strong>\u201cWith the incoming <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zohran_Mamdani\" target=\"_blank\">[Mayor-elect Zohran] Mamdani<\/a> admin, where criminals will be set free and law-abiding citizens punished, I urge law-abiding New Yorkers to exercise our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Second-Amendment\" target=\"_blank\">Second Amendment rights<\/a>,\u201d<\/strong> she said &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She ain&#8217;t kidding either:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lady. Lady. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tpwD25pJfy\">https:\/\/t.co\/tpwD25pJfy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JGlHQT9oKY\">pic.twitter.com\/JGlHQT9oKY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yael Bar tur (@yaelbt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaelbt\/status\/1998469729565180166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/center><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D29824&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29824\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29824\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29824\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For only the second time an elected official from New York has publicly called for citizens to exercise their 2A rights for self-defense. 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