Crime

Another NYC Tourist Arrested on Gun Charges Despite Having Permit

New York Tourist from Ohio Caught With Three Guns in Hotel RoomThe list of New York City tourists facing gun-possession charges keeps growing. Not only was a Tenn. nurse arrested for trying to check her gun at the 9/11 Memorial, but an Indiana jeweler was taken into custody when he tried to check his firearm at the Empire State Building. And now, an Ohio man who brought his three guns to his hotel room for protection, and had a permit in his home state, has been arrested on similar charges.

The New York Post reports Fred Vankirk, 59, of Columbus, was arrested at about 11 a.m. Saturday after cops found two .357 Magnum pistols and a .45 semiautomatic in his room at a Midtown-area hotel.

Police were notified of the guns‘ presence by a maid who came in to clean the man’s room. She spotted one of the revolvers sitting on a table and notified security, who notified police.

Ankirk, however, does have a permit for his guns — in Ohio. But in New York City — where gun laws are some of the strictest in the country — it’s doubtful that will be a valid defense.

The Post reports more details:

Vankirk had been receiving room service at about 7 a.m. Saturday when a hotel employee spotted the loaded .357 Magnum on the nightstand, police sources said.

She reported it to security, who contacted police, according to the sources.

Detectives obtained a search warrant and recovered two more guns from the room — a .357 six-shot Magnum revolver and a .45 semiautomatic — as well as at least one box of ammo, a court complaint charges.

Police learned that Vankirk had a valid Franklin County handgun permit, sources said.

The other two people arrested recently also had permits issued in their respective states.

Vankirk was charged with three counts of second-degree gun possession and being held on $50,000 bond, the Post reports. If convicted, he could face a sentence of five to 15 years for each count, which would be served concurrently.

 

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  • thestan65
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:56am

    when is enough enough…..if you look at NY and home invasions..and then you look at most other states…you will se a big diference….the bad guys know this,..and can freely kick in doors and do as they please…these laws need to be challanged….and we need to abide by the constitution~~~!!!
    everyone should be allowed to have a gun for proctection!!!

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    • encinom
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:19am

      NYC is safer than most places, where is the proof of your “facts” or this something you were told at a NRA fund raiser, to keep you scared?

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:47am

      Uh oh. Encinomom is back with stats. Google NYC street shooting and pick a video and date-even hour in some regards, moron. Oh, not an NRA member cuz I already have a mind, mouth and wall safe, so, not skeered of you lefties or your unconstitutional efforts. Encinomom. What a maroon.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:01am

      Encinom…there is no safer place around than my little estate in Texas that is loaded with guns. Just ask the little t@rd I shot a few years ago who was trying to steal my tractor…He only got birdshot. He did not get the .45 in my holster. Yes…I feel very safe.I sometimes wonder how safe he feels sitting in prison.

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:01am

      Stats or no stats, it is still NYC law. It is the responsibility of these people to make sure that they are in compliance with local law whenever they visit someplace outside of wherever their permits are written for. Any responsible gun owner will no that gun laws are not the same everywhere in the United States and will make sure that their firearms are legal wherever they take them.

      And this is coming from a strong proponent of the 2nd Amendment, btw.

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    • fertlmind
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:09am

      @encinom
      go for a walk in the Bronx while holding your purse and see what happens to you and your liberal anti gun rhetoric.

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    • booger71
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:29am

      Stats or no stats, it is still NYC law.
      —————————————
      And it is still unconstitutional.

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    • encinom
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:02pm

      I go to the Bronx often, whats your point. I also travel to East New York, Harlem and other areas that Becky and the rest have made you scared of. Country folks are nothing more than afraid little children holding onto their God and guns, like Linus and his blanket.

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:11pm

      @BOOGER

      Agreed, but that is for the Supreme Court to decide, not some Joe-Blow tourist. Until the law is overturned, it is our responsibility to comply with the law or face the consequences.

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    • Ken
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:50pm

      @Doctor Nordo @booger71 – And that is why I will never visit NYC again. They hate freedom loving Americans and I prefer to support locations that don’t have socialist governments.

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  • kimberlyjesus
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:56am

    What a joke. I guess you shouldn‘t have a maid come into your room unannounced or you need to know the different state’s gun laws before you carry your firearm with you. Why even have a concealed weapon‘s permit to protect yourself when you have to keep up with all the nonsense of government telling you what you can and can’t do? I have the word of GOD to protect me. I don’t need my gun anymore!

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    • randy
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:03am

      That’s it!
      I’m never tipping another maid.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:31am

      I always put the “Do not disturb” sign on the door. I don‘t trust anyone and I don’t care if I sleep on sheets for two or three days and the towels will dry. If my wife has the maid come in, I pack all my stuff up so I know if someone got into it. I paid for the room, which means I paid for the privacy, too.

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    • landman1
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:34am

      Hopefully this man will be able to use the “castle” rule to get out of this frivolous arrest. If he in fact paid for the room he should have the expectation that the room is now his home and as such should offer him some reasonable expectation of privacy. The hotel could obstensively be accused of breaching his expectation of privacy in this instance. There are cases where the “home is castle” defense has been used to protect a citizen from unlawful searchs and seizures. A person has the right to privacy in his home and papers.

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    • Godfather.1
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:49am

      @landman1

      You are wrong. The hotel is not a state actor so Constitutional protections don’t apply. Furthermore, when you stay at a hotel, unless you put the “do not disturb sign up,” you should expect that a hotel worker may enter. Even if the sign was up and they went in anyways, there would still be no Constitutional protection because it is the hotel, not the state.

      Learn how the law works before you post.

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    • Just A Private
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:28am

      @KimberlyJesus
      What is your bible made of and how big is it that it would replace a gun? I know what you are saying though but I am sure you God does not expect you to be helpless. He promises that He knows the state of every creature but his creatures still have the instinct to fight or flight. God also promises to supply your every need but I am sure He does not want you to quit your job and wait on the couch for food and money. I would guess that you may not have children or a spouse since the word of God does require you to protect your family the way He would protect the church.

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  • SoupSandwich
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:53am

    Looks like about a million CWP citizens need to occupy a lil part of NYC to shut the system down… nah, not enough Purell to go around. GoToMeeting instead of giving them a wooden nickel, let them have it. No reason to visit NY, Mass, CT, MD, DC or CA in person or even order a thing from their states. Been there, they don’t recognize our 2nd, screw em and their lemming citizens. They reserve rights for criminals, and expect our taxes to keep floating them. Little changes bring about huge money issues for the toads. Fund it/city/state with the taxes you can get from the criminals, illegals, and Cair/La Raza/LGBT groups. Have at it. How soon before the map of the US is blue all aound the coasts and are no travel areas, and the inner/fly over areas are red and have to support the toads in the blue periphery…?
    Like CA limitting magazine capacity to it’s citizens… how does that work in Watts and Oakland? Morons leading morons. Everybody has a few choices…

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    • MetalPatriot
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:13am

      You ought to try living here. Experiencing this first hand is breathtaking. (sarcasm) My wife, daughter, & myself can’t leave due to income & housing bubble burst.

      But, yes, what you say is absolutely true about this state & it’s citizenry. Idiots enmasse. I like to think that we should follow the dinosaurs in their “mass extinction”.

      It’s disgusting to realize that my votes have never counted here. To see gang guys walking & driving proudly on the streets. To see drug deals done in the open at mini-marts, gas stations, & grocery store lots. To see graffiti expanding to once nice areas. To see the ratings of all the local schools go down as the non-English speaking students increase. To see we don’t have enough police to fight crime. To see that while being an upstanding citizen I can’t get a CCP. To see laws where we can’t have a 30, 20, & soon 10 round magazine enacted. (doesn’t affect criminals though) To see cities spending money on center divider projects and hiring lazy union workers. To see huge sections of every single town have non-English signage. (i don‘t think that’s what freedom of speech was covering) To seeing what just plain (insert explitive) everybody seems be like here.

      I got to go calm down & get off this site. I get pissed off everyday when I read it. Forgive me for caring and being frustrated.

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    • hammer71
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:24am

      Metalpatriot,

      You’re forgiven, and I feel your pain. I’m a native of that rat hole myself, and I’ve had enough. I’m exhausting all my contacts to try and find work down South and live in America again. The whole Northeast is a God-forsaken hell hole. Find solace in the fact that there are many others like you there that feel exactly the same way that you do. Hang in there.

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    • justawhoaman
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:33am

      This is why I left this God-forsaken (literally) place in 2007. I beat Glenn on the move to Texas!

      Why anyone would BE a tourist in NYC in the first place is beyond me. It wasn’t a bad place with Guiliani running the police but Bloomberg is a disaster. Here is another place to boycott. Take the money out and there is a slim hope of change prompted by business interests. Without hitting them in the pocketbook, the City will remain unchanged.

      Ironically, the OWS movement has cost them millions, has bankrupted many businesses in
      downtown, and the response? Crickets.

      Pathetic.

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    • DaytonConserve
      Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:06am

      Obama will just keep pooring in more of our money in our absence to support the OccuRats.

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on January 11, 2012 at 5:22am

      Texas DPS has a sight that lists all the states that honor a Texas CHL. It just takes a few minutes to look up the states where your permit is not valid.
      My wife has family in Maryland where the only permit holders are those with political pull, I have to take my pistol off and put it in my suitcase before I cross th Potomac river bridge. The national repricocity act would solve the problem. These people should have checked their state police web site before traveling out of their home state.
      All the ridiculous laws that contradict the 2nd Amendment need to be challenged up to the Supreme Court. And it needs to be done before Obumbler and Holder regulate the 2nd Amendment out of existance.

      OMG

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  • IIIper
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:52am

    I live in NY and have a permit and I still can’t carry in NYC. They have their own seperate set of rules, which is ridiculous and should be illegal. I’d love to see National reciprocity. Heck, it would be nice to at least have NYC follow the same regulations at the rest of NY. That said, there is no way these people shouldn‘t know that they aren’t allowed to have firearms there. They were either trying to make a point of they just weren’t thinking at all. You’ve got to undestand the laws when you travel. I hope they sue and win. But I doubt it.

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    • schlepnier
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:18am

      I am going with failure to check the laws.
      i have been a gun enthusiast since i was 8 and back in those days fathers still taught their children how to shoot. i have a valid carry permit for my state and i carry most every day. it is hypocritical that i can go through the same federal BATF background check and be considered legal by the US federal government but not by the city of NY or state fo california. perhaps these incidents will be fuel for the reciprocity law working its way through congress. heck if it works for drivers licences why not CPLs?

      Every state has its own licencing requirements for operating motor vehicles but they honor each others so long as you obey the posted rules of the state your in. it should be no difference in this case.

      the arguent for what is “reasonable” is a joke considering that the people who usually use the term(all the anti-gun groups) would think that having only a picture of a gun is about as reasonable as they would like.

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:44am

      When I went through mandatory CCW training, it was made very clear that my permit was covered under state law and I shouldn’t consider my permit legal in any other state. You have to wonder if the CCW training that these folks took covered that aspect.

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    • Just A Private
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:33am

      Dismayed Veteran,

      Many states have no CCW training. Does not mean he should not know his stuff, still his responsibility to find out.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:47am

      I thought I heard of a Congressional bill to pass national reciprocity a month or two ago. I wonder what became of it? Must have died.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:54am

      Yes, it passed the House, but I am unsure if it is still in the Senate or not:

      http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h822/show

      However, this summary does not give me confidence:
      “OpenCongress Summary
      Would require all states to allow out-of-state visitors to carry concealed firearms as long as the laws of the vistors’ home states allow them to do so.”

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    • RichNGadsden
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:34pm

      DISMAYED VETERAN, a number of states have Concealed Carry Permit reciprocity honoring out of state permits much the way we have state to state reciprocity with driver’s license. Naturally, the majority of those states in the South.

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    • Ken
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:55pm

      No doubt they are used to living in a free state and couldn’t imagine that the U.S. would have a socialist state of the union. They just assumed. I know that’s wrong but NYC is a world of its own. People who don‘t live there just can’t fathom a place where they have few or no freedoms.

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  • David, the Constitutional Libertarian
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:51am

    The Supreme Court has already told Chicago and DC that they have to change their gun restrictions, now have they? Of course not, these places are controlled by leftists.

    When will everyone realize that they do not think of you as citizens, you are serfs or better yet, criminals awaiting judgement.

    You cannot rule sovereign citizens, you can rule and control a country of criminals though.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:13am

      Well said. Then there is the funds each state gets for doing background checks-doubt they will ever get on one sheet of music. Like NY and NYC having different rules and regs. Money and power, money and power. NCIC does a national check, but that doesn’t bring in funds to the local municipality that grants your “permit”… many, many places are considering a constitutional clause, where as if you are a citizien without a criminal history, you don’t need the permission of a commission on your actual rights. sickening to think we need to pay a toadly clerk in an office for a permit, for what is in actuality a right. That is where we are. Paying a fee to breath and paying more fees to legally defend oneself and paying even greater fees to keep these toads in office.

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    • Bonnieblue2A
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:51am

      Amen. Restore the US Constitution and restore the liberty of a free people in this Republic.

      Ron Paul 2012!

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  • Eliasim
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:49am

    Yeah, and then, since humanity loves going against God, and then all your joints will ache because all the DNA that should have faded away, it will keep on multiplying to keep more doctors in business, while they keep curing the problem caused by the people who think they are solving problems, when they really are the cause of everyone’s grief. Because, you really actually hate your brethren, because giving people handouts just pays all the pain and tragedy forward, until it collects, and brings the whole society to it’s knees. But hey, keep on saying you love one another, because I know the devil believes it.

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:48am

    Is that New York gun law constitutional? Has it ever been challenged ?

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  • skidz71
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:47am

    I will never go to New York City. I wonder if they ever actually arrest any “bad guys”, or just take tourists freedom away? I hope the NRA gets involved in their defense.

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    • railgrinder57
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 1:26pm

      New Dork is the testing grounds for the UN and our State Dept., to see how much tyranny can be forced upon a once free people without any REAL PUSHBACK, As long as there are foolish folks like encinomom who trust nobody BUT the government with her liberties, this will only get worse. One more aspect of the AGENDA 21 push to take away our property rights, is to take our gun rights first, making property theft a far easier proposition. Most conservatives are liberals who have been mugged,robbed or raped and had to adjust their foolish liberal upbringing. Encinomom is still fast asleep in her PROGRESSIVE SMUGNESS.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:47am

    THe whole NE of the country has strict gun laws. NYC and Mass. are some of the strictess and are also anti-constitutional. The 2nd amendment of the constitution is clear. Libtrash have tried to water it down for years and are doing so in NYC. Libtrash are so smug about their anti-gun stance while the walk around with body guards and live in gated communities. The constitution still stands in this country and it is time to make the libs abide by it or else. NYC is in violation of the constitution.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:14am

      Vermont has it right.

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    • railgrinder57
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 1:13pm

      SOUP, Vermont HAD it right, but the NRA backed National reciprocity law will cause Vermont to require CCW licences where they never had to before, concealed or open carry was legal to the law abiding citizens (as it should be nationwide) Since Vermont happens to also be a paifully liberal state, I can’t help but think that their state reps will shake it all up now. NRA threw them under the bus on this one.

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  • Amy
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:45am

    Stop going to New York City for crying out loud!!!! Let them descend into the chaos that’s coming and stay away!
    And…
    KNOW THE GUN LAWS WHEN YOU OUT OF YOUR TERRITORY!!!

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:44am

    Every gun law passed since the second amendment is unconstitutional.
    A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:02am

      RIgHT ON!!!!

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    • encinom
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:22am

      a well REGULATED…seems to imply regulations.

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    • booger71
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:38am

      a well REGULATED…seems to imply regulations.
      —————————-
      The well regulated part refers to the militias themselves, not the peoples right to keep and bear arms

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    • railgrinder57
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 1:42pm

      Nuff said.

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  • Steverino
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:44am

    As a registered gun owner in Michigan, I am aware of the states with CCW reciprocity for Michigan. There are 38 of them. New York, California, and Illinois, for example, do not honor my permit. Therefore, I wouldn’t bring a firearm were I to visit. Personal responsibility.
    These states‘ anti gun laws is a topic that I’m sure we could spend a lot of time poppin’ off about…
    Steve

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:22am

      Once heard an old guy relate the tried by twelve or carried by six parable…Concealed should always be just that-out of sight. Sort of inviting trouble leaving hardware visible to staff at a NYC hotel. Dumb actually. If you carry a firearm, you need to have your head screwed on straight every minute of every day. Sadly, there are a lot of people carrying that shouldn’t be-not criminals, just average joe’s that feel they have been pushed too far and take up a weapon with little in the way of previous practical applications. It happens, but it shouldn‘t happen this way when we already have laws covering what we as citizens can and can’t do. But hey-if you see something say something right? Sure.

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  • Eliasim
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:43am

    Huh, huh, what do ya think? And then, then we can feed the beast of humanity even more, to cure diseases, that way, we can over-populate, and increase welfare to keep even more dumb people alive so their dumb asses keep voting with very little thought? huh, what do ya think? And then, those dummies will not educate themselves, and we can get them to fight gas “Fracking”, and anything that is good for American society as a whole. Huh, what do ya think.

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  • Cavallo
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:43am

    Don’t go to NYC with a gun unless you are a criminal.

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    • rlmeals
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:52am

      The ironic thing is that if I wanted to go to NY, I’d DEFINITELY want my handgun with me. While personal responsibility and following the law is imperative (these people should have known reciprocity laws), I find it appalling that a state can actually prevent law abiding citizens from protecting themselves and that the penalty for defying that unconstitutional law (whether intentional or accidental) is up to 15 YEARS IN PRISON!!! Let’s put the real criminals away, please.

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:58am

      Maybe I should have been more succinct, “Don’t go to NYC.” I wouldn’t go to North Korea, or Venezuela, or Iran either.

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  • singleparent
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:42am

    No one should need a permit to carry a gun..Even convicted felons should be able to vote and have a gun..The laws have been over run by the left.. If some one is to dangerous to own a gun then they should be removed from society…Everyone has the RIGHT to own and carry a gun in this country..Remember the constitution? OK now go ahead tell me how wrong i am…You can‘t just pick parts of the constitution you like and do away with the parts you don’t like or your just like the left…….

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    • IAMMADDOG
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:00am

      If you haven’t noticed….LIBERAL criminals DO vote.

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    • singleparent
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:17am

      I know some convicted felons and they do vote.. Just to let you know everyone one of them vote republican i live in Saint Louis MO. They know more than most what these lefty laws and people have and are doing to this country believe it or not i don’t care…But it is the truth not all convicted felons are lefty’s…..

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:40am

    This is yet one more attempt by the progressives to nullify the Second Amendment by the means of fait accompli – they nullify it by carrying out their plan to disarm citizens irregardless of what the law or the courts have declared.

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  • elvisroy0000
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:39am

    Next time just ad Don to the front of your name no one will bother you, and be sure to kiss both cheeks
    bettar yet let them no you will send them a dead fish in the mail if they take your gun
    Matt Damon whining http://youtu.be/wKKcnADpZwk Rush Limbaugh jr jr http://youtu.be/cLl0VUEmSW8

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  • momrules
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:36am

    I think Bloomberg should have to travel around without armed guards. That might make him think twice about gun control.
    The attacks on legal gun ownership is getting out of control in this country.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:05am

      Exactly. Him, Baldwin, Rosey and a few other elitists need to go their merry way without the hired guns-that we more often than not end up paying for… Business write off for a lot of the upper crusters.
      I had the opportunity to “work” in NO during Katrina. The newsies were the worst-right up there with the most callous of yellow liberals. When there were questionable issues, where are the guns… when things calmed down, off the grass and speak only when spoken to and this is how it is. Like true reactionary elitists. Would pay good money to see Bloomberg spend the night in an OWS camp without his entourage-he wouldn’t sleep and if he did he would probably walk funny the next day. Morons have the right to be subjected to whatever they want. My forefathers said I can actually defend meself and others from the morons and miscreants. Fear that things may be coming to an eventual head.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:33am

    Come on people, learn the rules in New York…only the criminals get guns.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:39am

      Oh..and wide receivers.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:40am

      that would be a smith and wesson 686 .357 revolver. Just happens to be the first handgun I ever owned. Got it as a high school graduation gift, and still have it. They beefed up the frame and made the barrel lug go all the way to the end of the barrel on the 586/686. Seems that any article dealing with firearms always depicts a glock of some sort. glad to see something different

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    • ozchambers
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:39am

      I would tell NYC to go to hell, but if you were to punch in “hell” on your gps while in Manhattan it would say “You have arrived at your destination”

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    • searching for the Truth
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:41am

      Watch out . Some States have laws against guns bought by second or third party – ten years.

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  • sndrman
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:31am

    welcome to ny state where the crimnals have more rights than law abiding people. it’s a huge blue state. maybe these people arrested should have been mexican drug runner so doj holder could have given them the guns instead…rule of law is being ignored and mob rule or gray line is new norm.

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    • encinom
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:26am

      NY problem is with Southern Gun runners. Of cause the Blaze is upset about Mayor Bloombergs affective effort to expose to scam at gun shows and their lack of enforcement of the most basc gun laws. The Gun show need to be closed down, it is clear that the private dealers are criminals willing to sell to anybody with enough green, no matter if they are permitted to or not.

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:01am

      @Encinomon
      Sort of like the DOJ under Holder then, and the BATF? Yer I feel you angst, and your racism dudepile.

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    • Creeker
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:10am

      Even if Encinom had any facts he still wouldn’t be repeating the truth, just charts from the Brady campaign. Getting your “facts” from tv shows won’t cut it.

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    • 2GodBeTheGlory
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:29am

      @encinom

      If you look at the law that you are spouting, as a Virginia citizen, you are allowed to sell your personal gun to whoever you please – anywhere, just like a car or dryer. Know YOUR facts before you say something is illegal. New York “officers” broke FEDERAL LAW by purchasing those guns at the Virginia gun show and transporting them back to New York – so now who breaks the law? Also, in some of the most recent murders in NY where a gun was traced to a Virginia gun store – which was STOLEN and yes – it was reported way before the murder to the ATF. Keep your illegal – mob running thieves out of Virginia.

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    • booger71
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:42am

      enforcement of the most basc gun laws
      ——————————————————
      If you knew anything about the Bill of Rights you would know the first 9 are individual rights that local, state, or federal laws can’t (or should I say should not) be infringed.

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  • Whitey4West
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:31am

    Hey folks, simple solution….STAY OUT OF NEW YORK!!!

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    • hammer71
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:12am

      @Bluefish49

      I agree too, and I’m a native of that hell hole. Luckily, I smartened up and am actively seeking employment in Tennessee or Texas where I’ll actually be living in America. Good riddance, New York.

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  • KangarooJack
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:31am

    knock knock “Housekeeping” knock knock “Housekeeping”

    OK, people, NY,NY does NOT want you to bring a gun. Who cares if you are licensed to carry elsewhere-in NY, NY only the criminals are allowed to carry. So, if you visit there. You need to realize that the 2nd amendement isn’t recognized.

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:30am

    Looks like a good case for the SCOTUS – on the 2nd amendment!
    Followed by a big law suit – on Bloomberg and the city

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    • railgrinder57
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 1:39pm

      I wouldn’t count on the SCOTUS to rule favorably on 2nd amendment stuff. Every case like chicago, the vote should have been 9-0… TOTALLY UNANIMOUS due to judges simply using the founders own words and thoughts on it. A 5-4 vote was due to PROGRESSIVE AGENDA driven liberal activist judges who hate our forefathers and the government restrictive Republic they gave us.

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  • All American American
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:29am

    Not that its right but why would you put yourself in that position? I can think of about a billion places I’d rather visit than NYfriggingCity.

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    • RightUnite
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:31am

      AMEN! Another reason to NEVER, EVER visit NYC. The armpit of America!

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  • david3755
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:29am

    Sounds like New York has written itself out of the Constitution. Time for a change of administration and jailing of the old leaders.

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    • EqualJustice
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 5:07pm

      IMPEACH the entire Obama administration and boot ALL liberals. That should fix things! :)

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