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Drop Case Against Marine Who Brought Loaded Pistol To Empire State Bldg: Supporters
Drop Case Against Marine Who Brought Loaded Pistol To Empire State Bldg: Supporters - He's a trained, decorated military tail gunner. So why is a retired Marine facing up to fifteen years in prison for reporting a legally registered gun to authorities? It's a question...
Druggists’ cure for anxiety: a pistol
Druggists’ cure for anxiety: a pistol - Your friendly neighborhood pharmacist will soon be locked and loaded. Rattled druggists from Long Island to the city are increasingly applying for gun permits following a spate of fatal robberies by armed thugs desperate...
The strange birth of NY’s gun laws
The strange birth of NY’s gun laws - Recent months have seen a former Marine from Indiana, a Tea Party activist from California and a nurse from Tennessee all arrested and charged in New York City for possession of firearms they had legal permits to carry back home....
Lancman rips Turner on handgun stance
Lancman rips Turner on handgun stance - State Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest) last week excoriated Congressman Bob Turner (R-Queens and Brooklyn) for refusing to support federal gun control legislation pending in Washington. Turner and his office last...
Councilmen Oppose City Gun Resolution
Councilmen Oppose City Gun Resolution - While most City legislators have taken aim at protecting the City’s stringent gun laws, two Queens councilmen have put more lax gun laws in their sights. Queens Councilmen Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) and rising GOP star...
NYC councilman demands that Manhattan DA drop gun charges against Marine
NYC councilman demands that Manhattan DA drop gun charges against Marine - New York City Councilman Daniel Halloran wants the criminal case against Ryan Jerome, a former Marine facing 15 years in prison for unknowingly violating the state’s tough gun laws, to be...
More women owning guns
More women owning guns - Gun counters usually crowded with men, are now seeing a new trend across the country. More women are purchasing pistols, but it's not surprising many firearms departments. Gander Mountain Firearms Sales Associate Nigel Lopez said, "I've...
Assemblyman Lancman keeps at Congressman Turner, this time over guns
Assemblyman Lancman keeps at Congressman Turner, this time over guns - Assemblyman Rory Lancman wanted a shot at the 9th Congressional District during the special election back in September. Since the man Queens party boss Congressman Joe Crowley picked for the seat...
Gun Control: A Movement Without Followers
Gun Control: A Movement Without Followers - In the year since the Tucson (Ariz.) massacre, in which a Glock-wielding gunman killed six people and wounded 13, the most famous victim, Gabrielle Giffords, has recovered admirably. The Arizona representative has...
Turner mum on gun control bills
Turner mum on gun control bills - "I want to let the family and the NYPD know that they have the support, prayers, love and respect of our community." The words were spoken last month by Congressman Bob Turner(R-Queens and Brooklyn) at a fund raiser for the...