{"id":1835417,"date":"2023-02-05T07:20:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T12:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1835417"},"modified":"2023-02-05T07:26:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T12:26:55","slug":"kevin-williamson-a-new-solution-for-new-yorks-gun-problems-enforcement-and-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-williamson-a-new-solution-for-new-yorks-gun-problems-enforcement-and-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Williamson: A New Solution for New York\u2019s Gun Problems: Enforcement and Punishment"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fkevin-williamson-a-new-solution-for-new-yorks-gun-problems-enforcement-and-punishment%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=1835417&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--><br \/>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>One of the great stupidities of New York\u2019s current gun-law debate is that existing laws merely required a couple of tweaks for them to prove effective \u2014 nowhere more so than in the need for a license-to-carry rule based on objective criteria rather than bias and favoritism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New York could have a sensible and effective gun-regulation regime \u2014 one that honors Second Amendment rights while recognizing that New York is not Wyoming. And this could happen tomorrow \u2014 if only local leaders had something in their heads besides gubernatorial ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s old gun-control laws, rooted in the infamous Sullivan Act of 1911, had one excellent feature: If you got caught carrying a gun illegally, you went to jail. Enforcement was rigorous \u2014 no matter if you were a wannabe gangster in The Bronx or Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress, who served 20 months for his armed shenanigans.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25605620\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25605620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03.jpg\" alt=\"Existing laws compel anyone caught illegally carrying a concealed weapon to go to jail \u2014 including former football star Plaxico Burress, who served 20 months behind bars just over a decade ago.\" class=\"wp-image-25605620\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 2000w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-2.jpg, 200&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-3.jpg, 512&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-4.jpg, 682&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-5.jpg, 1024&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-6.jpg, 709&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 1064w, 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https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-31.jpg, 96&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 144w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-32.jpg, 93&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 140w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-33.jpg, 71&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 107w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-34.jpg, 62&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 93w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-35.jpg, 56&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 84w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-36.jpg, 133&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-37.jpg, 154&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-38.jpg, 215&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-39.jpg, 58&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-40.jpg, 100&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/plaxico-burress-03-41.jpg, 33&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><figcaption>Existing laws compel anyone caught illegally carrying a concealed weapon to go to jail \u2014 including former football star Plaxico Burress, who served 20 months behind bars just over a decade ago. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the age of &#8220;No one wants it to be heard&#8221;, \u201cdecarceration\u201d  \u201cdepolicing,\u201d but one of the major problems facing crime-ridden Democrat-run cities is that many firearms offenses \u2014 short of murder \u2014 now go largely unpunished: <a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/article\/a-guide-to-guns\/\">Philadelphia has 61% gun cases that are dismissed without trial or charges. This is up from 30% in 2016.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NYPD made 4,456 gun arrests in 2021. There were far fewer dismissals (983) and convictions at trial than there were plea bargains (698). Statistics show that the most likely outcome of an illegally carrying gun arrest in New York City is. . . nothing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/ron-desantis-03.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25605704\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25605704\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ron-desantis-03.jpg\" alt=\"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently unveiled legislation that would allow its citizens to carry concealed weapons without a permit.\" class=\"wp-image-25605704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/ron-desantis-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 2000w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ron-desantis-03-2.jpg, 200&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ron-desantis-03-3.jpg, 512&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ron-desantis-03-4.jpg, 682&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ron-desantis-03-5.jpg, 1024&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ron-desantis-03-6.jpg, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/ron-desantis-03.jpg?resize=50, 33&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled recently legislation that would allow its citizens concealed weapons without the need for a permit.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Criminals have it easy. But New York makes it difficult for law-abiding citizens get a permit to carry.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with New York City\u2019s license-to-carry law was never that it was too strict \u2014 it was that it was arbitrary and favored the connected. While celebrities like Joan Rivers and Steven Seagal were granted licenses, ordinary New Yorkers found it difficult to obtain one for many years. This wasn\u2019t a matter of responsible gun ownership \u2014 asked in 2003 about the concealed-carry permit he had secured during his mayoral candidacy four decades earlier, William F. Buckley Jr. replied: \u201cI have my pistol permit in my wallet, and no one knows where the gun is.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25605830\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25605830\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Despite record crime rates, most criminals charged with gun violations in large cities such as New York never see jail time.\" class=\"wp-image-25605830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 2000w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?resize=300, 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107&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 160w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?resize=144, 96&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 144w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?resize=140, 93&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 140w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?resize=107, 71&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 107w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?resize=93, 62&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 93w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?resize=84, 56&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 84w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?resize=200, 133&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?resize=231, 154&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?resize=322, 215&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?resize=87, 58&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?resize=150, 100&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/subway-violence-03.jpg?resize=50, 33&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Despite the high crime rate, most gun-violating criminals in New York City never go to jail. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>New York seems to be unable to accept any subjective standard. Before last year\u2019s Bruen case \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lwv.org\/blog\/understanding-supreme-courts-gun-control-decision-nysrpa-v-bruen\">which declared New York State\u2019s licensing practices unconstitutional<\/a> \u2014 it was \u201cproper cause,\u201d It is now \u201cgood moral character,\u201d Another vague standard is likely be disregarded by the courts. New York needs one standard that applies to all.<\/p>\n<p>Lawful carry doesn\u2019t seem to have much impact on crime one way or another. Half of US states don&#8217;t require licenses to carry. The Florida legislature began efforts in January to be the latest. Some of these \u201cconstitutional carry\u201d Mobile, Ala. is a high-crime area. Some states, like Vermont, have very low levels of violent crime. Either way, concealed carry rules appear to have little impact on violent crime \u2014 New Hampshire, with its free-wheeling carry laws, has almost the same crime rate as neighboring Massachusetts, where restrictions are far tighter. New York probably would not see much change in crime even with more libertarian licensing rules \u2014 criminals do not apply for permits.<\/p>\n<p>New York must have a clear licensing system, strict enforcement, and real jail time for anyone carrying a gun illegally. Instead of focusing solely on criminals the state is imposing time and place restrictions on permit holders. These restrictions are legal and reasonable in theory. It is reasonable to prohibit guns from Times Square and City Hall Park.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/joan-rivers-01.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25605873\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25605873\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/joan-rivers-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Late comedian Joan Rivers was able to legally obtain a concealed weapons permit, something many less-connected New Yorkers often find impossible.\" class=\"wp-image-25605873\" width=\"618\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/joan-rivers-01.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 2000w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/joan-rivers-01.jpg?resize=300, 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This is something that many New Yorkers are often unable to do. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/gun-01.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25605957\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25605957\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/gun-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Recent efforts in New York to potentially ban firearms from all public spaces won&#039;t deter lawless criminals, but will impose on legal permit-holders&#039; Second Amendment rights.\" class=\"wp-image-25605957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/gun-01.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 2000w, 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87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/gun-01.jpg?resize=150, 100&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/gun-01.jpg?resize=50, 33&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Recent efforts in New York to potentially ban firearms from all public spaces won\u2019t deter lawless criminals, but will impose on legal permit-holders\u2019 Second Amendment rights. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The problem is that, in practice, New York wants to use these measures as a backdoor to general prohibition: New York\u2019s new post-Bruen law bans firearms from basically all public places (including public transit) unless an establishment has proactively declared itself gun-friendly. Although this will cause inconvenience to license holders, criminals are unlikely not to comply. Many New Yorkers will recall Times Square being crowded with drug dealers and hookers in the 1980s, even though these were illegal. Criminals will not follow the gun-permit holders&#8217; rules. Criminality will not be reduced by giving rule-followers more rules.<\/p>\n<p>Enforcement is key. If the powers that be want to prohibit the means of self-defense on the New York subways, then they should think about trying to make those subways secure\u2014 which they manifestly are not today.<\/p>\n<p>License-holders are not the problem. 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