Tag: new york

  • Firearm Carry Laws Are Too Confusing

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    Three separate incidents in NYC this week: A Tennessee tourist who says she unwittingly broke New York’s weapons laws by visiting the 9/11 memorial with a loaded gun — legal in her home state — faces 3 1/2 years behind bars for the error, which came to light when she asked guards where she could store her weapon while touring the memorial. Full…

  • NYPD Wants Mobile Weapon Scanners

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    The mechanism, which the NYPD is developing with help from the U.S. Department of Defense, using infrared technology currently only works at a short range of three or four feet. NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly thinks they can improve it to scan citizens from a distance of up to 25 meters away. He announced this morning that the gadget will…

  • NYPD Undercover Taxi Cruiser

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    Very sneaky: According to the blog of a New York City taxi driver: These “taxis” are used as undercover cars in general police work. You may see them cruising the streets as you would a regular patrol car or perhaps pulling over a motorist (they’re equipped with flashing lights and sirens) who ran a red…

  • Trigger Sad In Manhattan NYC

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    The West Side Rifle & Pistol Range–Manhattan’s only public shooting site–is in the heart of Chelsea, one of New York City’s most progressive neighborhoods. For only $65 + a background check (wtf?) you can fire a .22 rifle which is depressingly chained to the stall you’re in. Wow… they would pay for those rifles pretty…