Posted March 1, 2017 12:34 pm by Comments

By Bob Owens

Cyrus Vance Jr.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. wants you all to know that you’re a bunch of violent, dim-witted hayseeds who cannot possibly safely and sanely carry a concealed weapon in New York City like you do every day of your life as you do everywhere else liberty actually matters.

Gun owners with conceal-carry permits from anywhere in the US would be allowed to tote their pistols around the Big Apple as if it were the Wild West under a proposed federal law — which Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. warned would be “a mistake.”

Gun owners are currently barred from carrying weapons in Gotham without a city permit, which have stringent requirements.

But the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act — which mirrors President Trump’s own stated opinion — would allow anyone with a valid carry permit to use it in all 50 states, just like a driver’s license.

“I think that would be a mistake,” Vance said at a Manhattan Republican Party event Wednesday night.

“Our gun laws I think are a significant part in the rapid and consistent decline in violent crime in New York state and New York City,” said Vance, noting that people carrying an illegal weapon in New York now face …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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