Gun Laws in NYC [Archive]

jacobin1949

26th January 2007, 13:46

The Black Panthers succesfully overthrew police brutality in Oakland by open displaying firearms in public while technically breaking no laws so the police had to stand down.
So I was wondering... What are the Laws regarding public display of firearms in New York City? Are you able to walk around in the streets with hunting rifles if the weapons are unconcealed and displayed nonthreatingly? Also whats the NYC laws for puchasing and owning hunting rifles and shotguns?

Question everything

26th January 2007, 15:44

does it really matter now, even if you walked around like the terminator, your still one lone leftist, what the black pathers did was basically show defiance to police, while protecting themselves, they had a large backing, while you will just look like an other NRA crackpot...

Fawkes

26th January 2007, 15:52

I assume he's talking about a group of leftists walking around with guns. Sorry, I don't know the gun laws in NYC.

Janus

28th January 2007, 20:04

I'm pretty sure that New York has banned the open carry of firearms.
http://opencarry.org/
New York City in particular has some of the strictest gun laws in the country; no doubt due to the amount of violent crimes that occurs in the city.

Question everything

30th January 2007, 16:48

carry bb guns they can't arrest you for that... and it would scare the cops

Janus

30th January 2007, 23:16

carry bb guns they can't arrest you for that... and it would scare the cops
No, but some cities and states restrict the possession and sale of airsoft and BB guns. New York City is one of those places.

Nothing Human Is Alien

31st January 2007, 01:33

New York City in particular has some of the strictest gun laws in the country; no doubt due to the amount of violent crimes that occurs in the city.

That makes no sense. If the gun laws were strict to prevent violence.. and New York has a high number of violent crimes.. what does that tell you about the gun laws? Not working to well, huh?

They're not about "preventing violent crime" anymore than the NYPD's policy of random stop & searches on the subways is about "preventing terrorism."

Janus

31st January 2007, 01:39

Not working to well, huh?
New York City may have the largest number of violent crimes each year but it's actually one of the safest cities in the US in terms of its crime ratio. Obviously, it's not all because of gun control laws as there are many other factors involved.