A successful challenge to the New York’s strict gun law before the Supreme Court could “open the floodgates” and worsen a crisis of gun violence, New York City’s top cop warned.
In an interview aired Sunday with radio host John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable,” Commissioner Dermot Shea said “we are watching this closely.”
“Gun violence is certainly something that has hit us here in the last two years – not just New York, but across the country,” Shea said. “We would argue that the last thing we need is the infusion of additional guns into the streets of New York City.”
Shea hailed efforts before the COVID-19 pandemic and bail reform measures gave New York City a handle “on how to keep guns out of New York City for so long.”
“To have that upended is really a concern,” he said.
Based on questioning from the justices Nov. 3, a law that requires “proper cause” for people seeking a license to carry a handgun in public faces an uncertain future.
New York State has one of the most restrictive gun laws in the country, sharply limiting people’s ability to carry weapons outside their homes.
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Tell us again how the toughest gun laws in the country have prevented gun violence in NY.