Wednesday - October 27, 2010

2A Outrage!

Bad Driver? In Debt? Proposed NYC Law Would Ban You From Owning a Gun

New York City residents who want to own a gun may soon be denied permits if they are litterbugs, if they are bad drivers, or if they have fallen behind on a few bills.

Under proposed revisions to the police department’s handgun, rifle and shotgun permit procedures, the NYPD can reject gun license applicants for a number of reasons, including:

If they have been arrested or convicted of almost any “violation,” in any state; having a “poor driving history”; having been fired for “circumstances that demonstrate lack of good judgment”; having “failed to pay legally required debts”; being deemed to lack “good moral character”; or if any other information demonstrates “other good cause for the denial of the permit.”

Critics say many of the restrictions are vague, have nothing to do with one’s fitness to own a gun and are unconstitutional.

Supporters say the new restrictions will make gun purchasing more efficient and don’t give the NYPD any more power than it already has.

Gosh, you see, they had to do this. Because the city council realized they were about to be sued naked over the exorbitant fees they charge to get the permits, so they lowered the fees. From around $400 to around $70. But to stop the expected “flood” that would result from the vast hordes of less well-off folks applying for permits, they told the cops to tighten up the requirements to the point that even fewer permits would be given out than before.

With the lower fees, the New York Police Department also introduced revisions to the police department’s gun permit procedures, which, unlike Vallone’s bill, need only approval from the mayor’s office, not the City Council.

“Although I do have oversight capability and I can have a hearing on it, I don’t have any formal say in it,” Vallone said.

Councilmember Dan Halloran says those revisions are intended to give the police more power to deny licenses, which could counter a possible spike in gun ownership triggered by the lower fees.

“The disqualification categories are downright scary. They’re completely open to interpretation and they really don’t measure anybody’s fitness to own a gun,” Halloran told FoxNews.com.

He pointed to a restriction stating applicants can be denied if they’ve “been arrested, indicted or convicted for a crime or violation, except minor traffic violations.”

“So now the city can deny a permit for a building code violation, a sanitation ticket for failing to sweep the sidewalk … an array of non-criminal acts,” Halloran said.

What a load of crap. See you in court Bloomberg. Just like your idiotic counterpart in Philthydelphia, you’ve thrown a monkey wrench in the spokes so blatantly that the courts are going to bitch slap you upside your dumb head. Again.

* “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres” Yes, it’s a pun. A very very old one.

Posted by Drew458     on 10/27/2010 at 11:09 AM   
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