Some in NYC don’t like the Hearing Protection Act or national reciprocity

By Chris Eger

Officials argue national reciprocity could bring “subways packed with pistols or shootouts in Times Square” (Photo: TimeSquareNYC Twitter)
At the same time New York Police officials slammed a federal expansion of concealed carry rights, the New York Times came out against a suppressor reform bill.
The twin moves, opinion pieces published last week by NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill and Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance in the Wall Street Journal and another by the Times’ editorial board pounced on pending legislation addressing national concealed carry reciprocity and the Hearing Protection Act.
The legislation drawing fire in the WSJ piece would amend federal law to allow those eligible to possess a firearm to have a concealed handgun in any state that allows individuals to carry a pistol or revolver. Those who do so would have to carry a valid permit with them as well as a photo ID. The bill also applies to nonresident permit holders.
However, the officials argue it could turn the Big Apple into Tombstone.
“As we work to prevent future shooting deaths, we don’t want subways packed with pistols or shootouts in Times Square,” noted O’Neill and Vance. “We don’t want our highly effective gun laws superseded, overturned or otherwise interfered with. We

Source: Guns.com