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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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