NYC Shop Owners Beg For Weapons, Governor Cuomo Promises Them More Gun Control

By CN Staff

By Dan Zimmerman via TTAG

As the New York Post blares, ‘Scared bodega owners want panic buttons, stun guns to help to stop crime.’ As if we needed to say it yet again, this is what happens to a disarmed populace. This latest demand for the means of personal defense comes after gang members pounded a yoot in a Bronx bodega earlier this month. The only reason the kid wasn’t killed is that the store owner had the fortitude to grab a pipe and come to his rescue.

“They had him down and kicking him. More and more kids came in,” (Edward) Lara said of the youth and his attackers. “I have four workers, and they helped me. We pulled them off and threw them out.

“I closed the door, but they started hitting the glass. I went outside and pushed them back. One showed me a gun and a few had knives. I was afraid.”

Not every Bronx kid is so lucky. A 15-year-old was dragged out of another bodega in Juneand hacked to death with a machete.

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Source:: Concealed Nation