Government Cannot Protect You!
You Must Protect Yourself!
By Roger Katz. August 06, 2020
.... I have dedicated my life to the preservation and strengthening of our cherished Second Amendment. This is no easy task, especially today, as we see constant, concerted, vigorous attacks on the fundamental right of personal defense with firearms.
So, it was with more than a little interest I read Stephen Halbrook's article, "How Does New York City Get Away With This," published in the August 2020 edition of NRA's publication, "America's 1st Freedom."
Stephen Halbrook is a Second Amendment Constitutional law expert and a prolific writer and author who has argued and won several important Second Amendment cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
In his article, he provides a brief history of restrictive handgun licensing in New York City. He correctly observes that "[i]t all started with the Sullivan Act of 1911, the first law in any state (other than the slave codes) to require a license for mere possession of a pistol even in the home." Toward the end of the article, he makes the point that:
"Nothing has changed since 1911 when [an Italian-American] Mario Rossi carried a pistol for protection against the Black Hand, for which he was sentenced to a year in prison."
It is of course disturbingly, depressingly, frustratingly true that "nothing has changed in New York City since 1911, insofar as the City continues to require a valid license to lawfully possess a handgun."
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"It is the responsibility of all citizens to safeguard their own life and safety and that of their families, and to preserve our Republic as the founders intended; to protect it from the insinuation of tyranny that the Radical Left would dare impose on Americans."
