New York City, which has been touting its success in lowering homicides in recent years due at least in part to tough gun control laws, may have to re-think that sales pitch in the wake of a New York Daily News revelation that homicides so far this year are up 55 percent over the […]
SCOTUS Awakens to Hear Challenge to NYC Gun Restriction
The Supreme Court of the United States, with two Donald Trump-appointed justices now on board has evidently awakened from a ten-year slumber, agreeing to review a challenge to a handgun transport restriction in New York City. According to NBC News, “Lower courts upheld the restriction, and the city urged the Supreme Court not to take […]
‘Greenbacks, Goodies’ for NY City Gun Licenses – NY Daily News
A massive gun licensing scandal in New York City, now the subject of a Manhattan federal court trial, could easily be an indictment against so-called “discretionary issue” laws that allow authorities to decide who does or doesn’t get to exercise their right to keep and bear arms, which is supposed to be protected from such […]
New York’s de Blasio Disses School Safety, Removes Armed Police
Less than one month after a school shooting in Florida, anti-gun New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has removed police officers from public schools in the Big Apple, leaving the safety of children to unarmed “school safety agents.” The New York Post quoted teacher Arthur Goldstein, who stated, “My colleagues think it’s outrageous — and […]