The cops are copying signs declaring Times Square’s gun-free status after local lawmakers banned firearms in the Crossroads of the World.
Robert Barrows, the NYPD’s executive director of legal operations, held up one of the signs — which screamed “GUN FREE ZONE” — at a City Council hearing on Tuesday focused on securing sensitive spaces after the Supreme Court gutted the state’s concealed carry handgun law.
After the June ruling from the nation’s top court, state lawmakers passed and Gov. Hochul signed laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons in various high-risk settings including Times Square, subways, buses and bars. The rules take effect Thursday.
NYC to put up ‘gun free zone’ signs throughout Times Square (nydailynews.com)
Somebody should start a counter of all the gun incidents that will happen in the newly minted NYC “High Risk Settings”, so we laugh about it.
My question is “what’s the bail on that Felony in NYC?” if it’s cheap enough, I’d be inclined to disobey an unconstitutional law like that and let my attorney figure it out…