Author Topic: Do not carry a gun in NYC! Repeat - do not carry a gun in NYC! (Read 6119 times)

Soul Crusher · « **on:** December 30, 2011, 06:46:55 PM »

Tennessee tourist arrested for bringing pistol into 9/11 Memorial
nypost.com ^ | 12/29/2011 | JAMIE SCHRAM, C.J. SULLIVAN and DAREH GREGORIAN
Posted on December 29, 2011 2:03:08 PM EST by massmike

A tourist from Tennessee waltzed into one of the most secure sites in the city — and politely asked a cop if she could check her weapon.

Instead, she was dragged out in cuffs.

Now, Meredith Graves, 39, is facing at least three years in prison for thinking New York’s gun laws are anything like those in the Bible Belt.

Graves, a fourth-year medical student, showed up at the memorial on Dec. 22 to pay her respects during a trip north for a job interview.

She didn’t realize that the loaded .32-caliber pistol in her purse would be a problem until she saw a sign at the site that read, “No guns allowed,” sources said.

“She remembered she had the gun on her,” a source said. She walked up to a security guard and said, “I have this gun. Where can I check it?”

The guard told her that she was in luck because of “law enforcement day” — and led her to another area.

When she got to that section, she asked another cop, “We have this gun — can we check it in here? We [my husband and I] are not law-enforcement.”

That’s when she was arrested.

Graves, who has a full legal carry permit in Tennessee, was locked up on a weapons-possession charge and held on $2,000 bond that she posted yesterday. She is due in court on March 19.

She’ll soon find out exactly how serious New York City is about illegal guns. The Manhattan DA’s Office is pursuing a conviction on felony gun possession — carrying a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years.

Mayor Bloomberg, with the help of the five district attorneys, has crusaded against the flow of illegal guns, especially from the South.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...

The Abdominal Snoman · « **Reply #1 on:** December 30, 2011, 06:55:17 PM »

So the 2nd Amendment allows you to own a gun, but just not carry it in some States/cities. Do I have that right?

aesthetics · « **Reply #2 on:** December 30, 2011, 06:57:28 PM »

Quote from: The Abdominal Snoman on December 30, 2011, 06:55:17 PM

So the 2nd Amendment allows you to own a gun, but just not carry it in some States/cities. Do I have that right?

i dont get how this works because technically the constitution is supposed to trump states rights

reppingfor20 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 30, 2011, 06:57:46 PM »

serves her right

Ursus · « **Reply #4 on:** December 30, 2011, 06:58:55 PM »

I think it should be up to the individual to check laws of various states.

HOWEVER

The transparency and honesty with which she acted was such that it was clear it was a genuine mistake.

A fine is what i would give if I was a judge. That girls life will be ruined if she was put in jail.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #5 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:02:04 PM »

I love here and have a full carry license. But guess what! it's only for NYS and not applicable for NYC. It's so absurd it's not funny. I live in NYC and have A NYS full carry, but my license is not applicable in NYC

Twaddle · « **Reply #6 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:17:44 PM »

http://www.handgunlaw.us/

The above website is a great tool for any carrier. Anytime I go out of town, I always check the laws of every state that I will be in, or traveling through. NY clearly does not honor any other state's CCL. She's a dumb fuck for not checking this out before hand.

Wiggs · « **Reply #7 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:19:29 PM »

FUCK NEW YORK

NYSTATEOFMIND · « **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:19:44 PM »

this fella needs to heed this warning

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #9 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:19:59 PM »

Quote from: Twaddle on December 30, 2011, 07:17:44 PM

http://www.handgunlaw.us/

The above website is a great tool for any carrier. Anytime I go out of town, I always check the laws of every state that I will be in, or traveling through. NY clearly does not honor any other state's CCL. She's a dumb fuck for not checking this out before hand.

nd she is dumb as shit for just not walking out and leaving. Do these goobers not read the dan news!

delta9mda · « **Reply #10 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:20:10 PM »

fuck new york. also, on the back of a concealed weapons permit it tells you the other states that honor your states cwp.

hrspwr · « **Reply #11 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:24:32 PM »

She fucked up. If you are going to carry then you need to be responsible enough to check reciprocity laws. That said if they fuck with her too much up there if feel sorry for any car that comes through here with NY plates, guaranteed speeding ticket.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #12 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:25:37 PM »

(AP) NEW YORK - A leader of a tea party group was arrested after he took a gun to LaGuardia Airport.
Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler was taken into custody Thursday morning after he tried to check in for a Delta flight to Detroit with a locked gun box containing a Glock pistol and 19 cartridges of ammunition, Queens prosecutors said.

Meckler, 49, declared the weapon, as required, authorities said. He's licensed to carry the gun in Grass Valley, Calif., where he lives, but that license isn't valid in New York, which has strict rules on carrying concealed weapons, they said.

"He didn't have a correct understanding of the law," said Al Della Fave, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which polices the area's main airports. "Though he has a permit to carry in California, that did not cover him in the state of New York."

Meckler spent the day in jail and was arraigned in Queens late Friday afternoon on a felony weapons possession charge. He was released pending a Jan. 12 court date.

The charge could carry prison time, but travelers who are arrested in such cases and appear to be trying to comply with the law typically pay fines.

The name of Meckler's attorney wasn't available Friday, and attempts to contact him by phone and electronic message were unsuccessful.

Wiggs · « **Reply #13 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:28:07 PM »

New York and California could fall off in their respective oceans and all its scum can go with it. Two liberal, scummy Sodom and Gemora (sp?) hell holes....Vegas can fall with Cali.

bigkid · « **Reply #14 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:42:17 PM »

Quote from: Twaddle on December 30, 2011, 07:17:44 PM

http://www.handgunlaw.us/

The above website is a great tool for any carrier. Anytime I go out of town, I always check the laws of every state that I will be in, or traveling through. NY clearly does not honor any other state's CCL. She's a dumb fuck for not checking this out before hand.

No doubt. I always check where I can carry before I go anywhere.

Jizzacked · « **Reply #15 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:49:46 PM »

bullshit laws, but in matters like these, one should always do their research. let her rot for her lazy and slothful ways

LittleJ · « **Reply #16 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:50:05 PM »

Quote from: 333386 on December 30, 2011, 06:46:55 PM

Tennessee tourist arrested for bringing pistol into 9/11 Memorial
nypost.com ^ | 12/29/2011 | JAMIE SCHRAM, C.J. SULLIVAN and DAREH GREGORIAN
Posted on December 29, 2011 2:03:08 PM EST by massmike

A tourist from Tennessee waltzed into one of the most secure sites in the city — and politely asked a cop if she could check her weapon.

Instead, she was dragged out in cuffs.

Now, Meredith Graves, 39, is facing at least three years in prison for thinking New York’s gun laws are anything like those in the Bible Belt.

Graves, a fourth-year medical student, showed up at the memorial on Dec. 22 to pay her respects during a trip north for a job interview.

She didn’t realize that the loaded .32-caliber pistol in her purse would be a problem until she saw a sign at the site that read, “No guns allowed,” sources said.

“She remembered she had the gun on her,” a source said. She walked up to a security guard and said, “I have this gun. Where can I check it?”

The guard told her that she was in luck because of “law enforcement day” — and led her to another area.

When she got to that section, she asked another cop, “We have this gun — can we check it in here? We [my husband and I] are not law-enforcement.”

That’s when she was arrested.

Graves, who has a full legal carry permit in Tennessee, was locked up on a weapons-possession charge and held on $2,000 bond that she posted yesterday. She is due in court on March 19.

She’ll soon find out exactly how serious New York City is about illegal guns. The Manhattan DA’s Office is pursuing a conviction on felony gun possession — carrying a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years.

Mayor Bloomberg, with the help of the five district attorneys, has crusaded against the flow of illegal guns, especially from the South.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...

Is she black?

The Abdominal Snoman · « **Reply #17 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:51:11 PM »

Quote from: 333386 on December 30, 2011, 07:02:04 PM

I love here and have a full carry license. But guess what! it's only for NYS and not applicable for NYC. It's so absurd it's not funny. I live in NYC and have A NYS full carry, but my license is not applicable in NYC

So can other amendments also be discarded like the 2nd amendment in NYC or any other place? How do they get away with it? Lets say they(NYC) decided that the 1st amendment(freedom of religion, press, speech) can no longer be used in NYC. Sure people would bitch, but didn't they set the precedent with not allowing the 2nd amendment?

thelamefalsehood · « **Reply #18 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:52:59 PM »

Quote from: reppingfor20 on December 30, 2011, 06:57:46 PM

serves her right

STFU dirty homo goat f-cker

Jizzacked · « **Reply #19 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:54:32 PM »

Quote from: LittleJ on December 30, 2011, 07:50:05 PM

Is she black?

not sure on this, but I would bet anything she is a member of the fats

Twaddle · « **Reply #20 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:21:20 PM »

Quote from: Jizzacked on December 30, 2011, 07:54:32 PM

not sure on this, but I would bet anything she is a member of the fats

She's white and skinny, and most definitly a dumb fuck.

WYHI???

240 is Back · « **Reply #21 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:23:58 PM »

Quote from: 333386 on December 30, 2011, 06:46:55 PM

The Manhattan DA’s Office is pursuing a conviction on felony gun possession — carrying a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years.

While that is disgusting - it is the responsibility of the gun owner to learn what states reciprocate.

They probably broke a shitload of other laws driving from Tenn to NYC as well.

Their best bet is to never give a single tourism dollar to a prick ass state that hates the 2nd amendment.

Jizzacked · « **Reply #22 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:28:10 PM »

Quote from: Twaddle on December 30, 2011, 08:21:20 PM

She's white and skinny, and most definitly a dumb fuck.

WYHI???

I was mistaken, thank you for the correction. I would hit it, and reprimand the skinny slit for her ignorance

HTexan · « **Reply #23 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:31:46 PM »

What a dumb bitch. When you get your ccl they fucking tell you this. You have to take a written test on the laws.

240 is Back · « **Reply #24 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:33:47 PM »

Quote from: HTexan on December 30, 2011, 08:31:46 PM

What a dumb bitch. When you get your ccl they fucking tell you this. You have to take a written test on the laws.

yes, they go into great depth about "This is only good in YOUR STATE and detail how it's YOUR responsibility to research and follow the gun laws in any other states. Some reciprocate, but you have to live under a rock (or in rural Tenn) not to know NYC is loaded with some shitty anti-gun laws.