{"id":1534133,"date":"2022-06-30T18:04:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T22:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1534133"},"modified":"2022-06-30T18:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T22:04:30","slug":"i-dont-need-to-have-numbers-kathy-hochul-blows-off-facts-claims-concealed-carry-makes-new-yorkers-less-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-dont-need-to-have-numbers-kathy-hochul-blows-off-facts-claims-concealed-carry-makes-new-yorkers-less-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Don\u2019t Need To Have Numbers\u2019: Kathy Hochul Blows Off Facts, Claims Concealed Carry Makes New Yorkers Less Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-dont-need-to-have-numbers-kathy-hochul-blows-off-facts-claims-concealed-carry-makes-new-yorkers-less-safe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1534133&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) made it clear on Wednesday that she would not allow facts and data to stand in the way of her claims that concealed carry permit-holders made New York a more dangerous place to live.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul has spent the last week pushing back and promising action after the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-scotus-strikes-down-new-york-concealed-carry-restrictions-restrictions\/\">struck down<\/a> a New York law restricting access to concealed carry permits to only those who could prove they needed in <em>New York State Rifle &#038; Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need. That is not how the First Amendment works when it comes to unpopular speech or the free exercise of religion. It is not how the Sixth Amendment works when it comes to a defendant\u2019s right to confront the witnesses against him. And it is not how the Second Amendment works when it comes to public carry for self-defense,\u201d Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the majority opinion, striking down a law that had been on the books in New York since 1911.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/james-woods-crushes-ny-dem-gov-hochul-after-she-slams-scotus-ending-concealed-carry-restrictions\/\">Hochul<\/a> responded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/biden-deeply-troubled-over-supreme-court-ruling-upholding-second-amendment\/\">Court\u2019s decision<\/a> by claiming that the idea of people being able to carry firearms for self-protection would make others feel \u201cvery unsafe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NY&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKathyHochul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovKathyHochul<\/a>: People bearing arms for self-protection &#8220;makes everyone else feel very unsafe.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GJsIXvT6jQ\">pic.twitter.com\/GJsIXvT6jQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1540316436861706240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hochul doubled down on her position on Wednesday, responding to a question challenging her claim.<\/p>\n<p>Albany news anchor Anne McCloy asked Hochul to share the data that led her to believe it was concealed carry permit-holders who were causing problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anne: Do you have numbers to show that it\u2019s the concealed carry permit holders that are committing crimes? <\/p>\n<p>Hochul: I don\u2019t need to have numbers. I don\u2019t need to have a data point to say this. I know that I have a responsibility for this state to have sensible gun safety laws. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NiCp7POO88\">pic.twitter.com\/NiCp7POO88<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anne McCloy (@AnneMcCloyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnneMcCloyNews\/status\/1542285958703366146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you have numbers to show that it\u2019s the concealed carry permit holders that are committing crimes?\u201d McCloy asked. \u201cBecause the lawful gun owner will say that you\u2019re attacking the wrong person, it\u2019s really people that are getting these guns illegally that are causing the violence, not the people going and getting the permit legally and that\u2019s the basis for the whole Supreme Court argument. Do you have the numbers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t need to have numbers,\u201d Hochul replied. \u201cI don\u2019t need to have a data point to point to to say this is gonna \u2014 All I know is that I have a responsibility to the people of this state to have sensible gun safety laws, and this one was not devised by the Hochul administration. It comes out of an administration from 1908. I don\u2019t need a data point to make the case that I have a responsibility to protect the people of this state.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) made it clear on Wednesday that she would not allow facts and data to stand in the way of her claims that concealed carry permit-holders made New York a more dangerous place to live. Hochul has spent the last week pushing back and promising action after the Supreme Court struck down &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1534177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1534133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1534133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1534177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1534133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1534133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1534133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}