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BELLEVUE, WA – The brutal stabbing of a man in New York City’s Times Square Thursday underscores the futility of public disarmament, which affects only law-abiding citizens, and proves the proponents of so-called “sensitive zones” are clueless, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said.
Several news agencies reported the incident, indicating three men were involved and they apparently used a machete to wound the victim in both legs. Police have detained three suspects, but CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb said the attack never should have happened in a place where honest citizens cannot legally carry firearms for personal protection.
“New York officials have declared Times Square and other public venues to be ‘sensitive places,’ leaving people vulnerable to attack by criminals who don’t follow the rules,” Gottlieb observed. “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that disarming good citizens creates risk-free environments for dangerous thugs and crazy people to engage in savagery. The people responsible for disarming law-abiding citizens in Times Square are clueless when it comes to dealing with violent crime.
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“Somewhere in city hall, or maybe up in Albany, somebody in government is probably working up a way to spin this tragedy so the mayor or governor can argue that at least a gun wasn’t involved,” he added. “Armed private citizens defend themselves or others upwards of a million times each year, often without firing a shot, but apparently in New York, government is on the side of the criminal element.”
Gottlieb questioned how the suspects could be walking around in the Times Square with a machete and not be noticed by police.
“Prohibiting legally-carried guns in any public place is an exercise of gross misfeasance,” Gottlieb said. “This incident only proves that criminals will adapt to other weapons, and presuming ‘sensitive zone’ disarmament will prevent violent crime is a monumental failure of common sense.”
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“The people responsible for disarming law-abiding citizens in Times Square are clueless”
wow! such strongly worded response. LOL. this is exactly one of the issues – failing to HOLD the people responsible for the rules and laws that created this opportunity for violent crime ACCOUNTABLE. people who are now fearful of a machete attack MUST sue the city and state and spread the word of the effort in social media, tv, etc. if the criminal was previously arrented and released, people who did so (e.g. braggs) should be arrest for conspiracy in the commission of the crimes.
name calling (like what the republicants in congress ar edoing) is useless.
advantage criminals all the way!