{"id":217829,"date":"2025-07-08T11:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=217829"},"modified":"2025-10-02T08:31:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:31:02","slug":"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New York City residents already face some of the strictest gun control regulations of any municipality in the country. But if the Democratic nominee for mayor \u2013 current New York State Assemblyman and self-described Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani \u2013 wins the mayoral election in November, it could quickly go from bad to worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a city plagued by horrible,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/22\/us-news\/woman-dead-after-being-found-on-fire-on-subway-train-in-coney-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">unthinkable<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;crime, law-abiding New Yorkers have&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/new-york-times-perhaps-maybe-possibly-seeing-new-light-on-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">increasingly turned to purchasing and possessing their own firearms<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;over the past few years while&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/16\/metro\/nypd-to-have-only-29k-cops-by-2025-due-to-new-nyc-budget-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\"><strong>crime surged and law enforcement budgets were cut<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asked to condemn the phrase \u2018globalize the intifada,\u2019 Mamdani says mayors shouldn\u2019t \u2018police speech\u2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ggV2SeiGrVw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assemblyman Mamdani, if his past statements are to be believed, would further restrict the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding New York City residents. That would be at the same time as a mass reduction in the number of &nbsp;police officers on the street, leaving the city a more dangerous place for peaceful New Yorkers. Mamdani has waffled on previous policy positions from when he supported&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2025\/07\/01\/yes-mamdani-is-a-communist-n2659710\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">defunding police<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/28\/us-news\/electing-socialist-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-would-spur-cop-exodus-rising-crime-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">now claiming to support<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;current spending levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It could become a \u201cthe patients are running the asylum\u201d situation, only with violent criminals instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ban-them-all\">Ban Them All<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Assemblyman Mamdani&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayoral-primary-ranked-choice-trump-reaction\/16903542\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">handily beat<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary last month, likely extinguishing any hopes the disgraced former governor \u2013 who himself has an&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/gov-cuomo-spiked-n-y-gun-rights-crime-is-soaring-and-he-answers-you-figure-it-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">abysmal track record on gun control<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 could mount a political comeback. Former Gov. Cuomo, however, is on a third-party ballot line and is&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/07\/game-of-chicken-eric-adams-cuomo-want-each-other-out-of-nyc-mayoral-race-00441398\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">still considering all options<\/a><\/strong>. Likewise, current Mayor Eric Adams&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/07\/game-of-chicken-eric-adams-cuomo-want-each-other-out-of-nyc-mayoral-race-00441398\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">remains on the Independent line<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;of the ballot and is going all out to stop the assemblyman from obtaining a promotion.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/close-bill-ritter-republican-nominee-curtis-sliwa-race-nyc-mayor-democrats-try-unite-behind-zohran-mamdani\/16964198\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">Curtis Sliwa<\/a><\/strong>, the Founder and CEO of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit crime prevention organization and a staunch supporter of gun rights, is the city\u2019s Republican nominee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the fact remains Assemblyman Mamdani is in the driver\u2019s seat for the mayoral election and his <a data-wpil-monitor-id=\"328\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gun-control-activists-call-for-tougher-laws-in-wake-of-chattanooga-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\"><strong>gun control record<\/strong><\/a> is something to take seriously. It\u2019s as dangerous as it is succinct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need to ban all guns,\u201d the assemblyman&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2025\/06\/26\/nycs-democratic-socialist-zohran-mamdani-we-need-to-ban-all-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">posted on social media<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That wasn\u2019t a comment from several years ago which he has attempted to walk back, as politicians often &nbsp;do. This was just three years ago, while the city saw some of the worst crime in the country skyrocket as a result of defund the police budget cuts, criminals looting and breaking into businesses and committing violent acts on innocent New Yorkers and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announcing to criminals that&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/04\/manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-to-stop-seeking-prison-in-some-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">they wouldn\u2019t be punished<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;for committing crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Banning guns, however, isn\u2019t the only anti-Second Amendment policy Mamdani has championed. According to Breitbart News, he also supports\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2025\/06\/26\/nycs-democratic-socialist-zohran-mamdani-we-need-to-ban-all-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">expanding the registration restrictions<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on law-abiding New Yorkers purchasing <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/search?keyword=MSR\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\"><strong>Modern Sporting Rifles<\/strong><\/a> (MSRs) and even\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2025\/06\/26\/nycs-democratic-socialist-zohran-mamdani-we-need-to-ban-all-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">registering the social media accounts<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of individuals who want to buy a gun, seemingly to monitor the social media accounts of gun owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assemblyman Mamdani also supports&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2025\/06\/26\/nycs-democratic-socialist-zohran-mamdani-we-need-to-ban-all-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">expanding<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;the approved reasons for someone to use New York City\u2019s so-called \u201cred flag\u201d law to accuse someone else of a threat, leading to firearm confiscation. NSSF supports these laws only if there are adequate Due Process protections included \u2013 but there aren\u2019t any in this case and the mayoral candidate\u2019s platform aims to trample on those Due Process rights even further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-men-and-women-in-blue-watching\">Men And Women in Blue Watching<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But New Yorkers concerned that Assemblyman Mamdani will make the city more dangerous aren\u2019t the only ones watching anxiously as the November election approaches. New York City\u2019s finest are watching closely too and are&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/28\/us-news\/electing-socialist-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-would-spur-cop-exodus-rising-crime-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">considering making some difficult decisions<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;over the next few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, during the campaign the nominee made it known cops weren\u2019t his top priority when it comes to ensuring public safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMamdani\u2019s far-left platform doesn\u2019t include hiring more cops, a vow most other mayoral candidates made,\u201d the New York Post&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/28\/us-news\/electing-socialist-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-would-spur-cop-exodus-rising-crime-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">reported<\/a><\/strong>. \u201cInstead, he wants to create a new Department of Community Safety that operates separately from the Police Department. It would dramatically expand so-called \u2018violence interrupter programs\u2019 and mental health teams that respond to 911 calls \u2014 especially in the city\u2019s subway system, where violent attacks by unhinged homeless people have been commonplace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city\u2019s police are rightly concerned and Mamdani\u2019s opponents are loudly warning New Yorkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s trying to take the existing Police Department and turn them into social workers,\u201d Republican nominee Sliwa said. \u201cCops would not be able to function as they have taken their solemn oath to do, to protect us, to go out there and grab those who are committing crimes and to have them locked up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-nbsp-optimize-your-stance-and-grip\">SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/optimize-your-stance-and-grip\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Optimize Your Stance and Grip!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not just political rivals who are warning about what could come. Law enforcement officials are as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe city would be totally unsafe for people who live here,\u201d Scott Munro, president of the NYPD Detectives\u2019 Endowment Association, predicted if Assemblyman Mamdani wins the November election. \u201cIf you put a guy like him in there, our people are going to get hurt, and nobody\u2019s going to want the job. It\u2019s going to put recruitment back five more steps.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One law enforcement leader&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/28\/us-news\/electing-socialist-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-would-spur-cop-exodus-rising-crime-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">told<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;the Post officers would straight-up quit. \u201cI\u2019ve had guys call me and say \u2018If he wins, I\u2019m quitting.\u2019 It\u2019s just weird that New York City would vote for him. I know he\u2019s not here for the police.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That official also&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/28\/us-news\/electing-socialist-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-would-spur-cop-exodus-rising-crime-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">noted a common hypocrisy<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;among those who support extreme gun control \u2013 that is it is \u201chypocritical\u201d of Assemblyman Mamdani to accept round-the-clock, armed police-detail protection as a mayoral candidate while clearly disliking the NYPD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-time-will-tell\">Time Will Tell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The leading candidate to be New York City\u2019s next mayor believes social workers should respond to 911 calls involving violent crimes.&nbsp;For the city\u2019s 1.3 million Jewish residents, he has repeatedly&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.timesofisrael.com\/shaking-off-zohran-mamdanis-violent-doublespeak\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">refused to denounce<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;calls for violence against them when antisemites chant \u201cglobalize the intifada.\u201d Assemblyman believes violence in the city is an \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/TfJ5hDd-RyU\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\">artificial construction<\/a><\/strong>\u201d and that less police are needed to keep people safe and instead more social workers should be hired to respond to crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assemblyman Mamdani\u2019s platform includes numerous measures that would put the safety of law-abiding New York City residents at risk. What\u2019s more is he\u2019d do away with their Second Amendment rights to purchase, keep and bear arms to protect themselves, their families and their businesses from those who ignore the law and cause violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The November election is just four months away. New Yorkers have some really hard thinking to do to stop Assemblyman Mamdani from reaching the heights of New York City power. The choices are clear and shouldn\u2019t be difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Larry Keane&nbsp;<\/strong><em>is Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and General Counsel for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>, the firearms industry trade association.<\/em><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-in-nyc-could-get-a-whole-lot-worse\" title=\"Gun Rights in NYC Could Get a Whole Lot Worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It could become a \u201cthe 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