{"id":81343,"date":"2022-05-23T12:03:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T17:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=81343"},"modified":"2022-05-23T12:03:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T17:03:55","slug":"81343","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=81343","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

MAYOR ADAMS OFFERS VERY BAD \u2018BE VERY CONCERNED\u2019 ADVICE TO NEW YORKERS<\/a><\/p>\n

Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams was elected to get his city back on a path to safety. He\u2019s instead continued down the path of his predecessors to punish law-abiding New Yorkers. He\u2019s failed to turn the focus and resources towards those that commit crimes and hold them to account.<\/p>\n

The result is crime surging and Mayor Adams\u2019s recent \u201cbig announcement\u201d was a nationalized gun control plan that will do little in his city.<\/p>\n

Mayor Adams is facing the likelihood that the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down New York\u2019s restrictive \u201cmay issue\u201d pistol permitting law, his plan is to instill fear over confidence. He told media, \u201cWe should be very afraid. I\u2019m very concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Stakes
\nNew York is one of just eight \u201cmay issue\u201d states that restrict concealed carry permits to law-abiding gun owners based on the whims of bureaucrats. New Yorkers must first prove they have a \u201cgood enough\u201d reason before a government agency allows a permit to protect oneself outside the home. This differs from other states where if a firearm owner who passes the FBI\u2019s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) verification and applies for a carry permit, the state \u201cshall issue\u201d the permit.<\/p>\n

States with \u201cmay issue\u201d restrictions are ripe for corruption. California and New York \u2013 specifically in Mayor Adams\u2019s New York City \u2013 are prime examples of why the law should be struck down. In 2016, federal prosecutors uncovered a pay-to-play scheme within the New York Police Department\u2019s licensing division where workers were paid thousands of dollars to rubber-stamp carry permits. Four officers connected to the scheme were arrested.<\/p>\n

The corruption is disgusting enough but the right for law-abiding Americans to carry a firearm shouldn\u2019t be left to arbitrary whims and inconsistent decision makers. The landmark 2008 U.S. Supreme Court Heller decision recognized the pre-existing right of Americans to own and possess firearms for self-defense. The court will shortly rule on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen challenging New York\u2019s \u201cmay issue\u201d law in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

False Forecasting
\nMayor Adams likely sees the writing on the walls. Make no mistake, a Supreme Court ruling that strikes down NYSRPA v. Bruen is a good thing for law-abiding New Yorkers and Americans protecting themselves and their families. The prospect of \u201cmay issue\u201d laws falling, though, has national gun control groups, President Joe Biden, New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Adams scared.<\/p>\n

At a press conference, the mayor was asked about the imminent ruling. The city, despite his new leadership, is still facing an ongoing crime spike and violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a significant issue for our city: it is the right to carry. After what we saw what the Supreme Court did on abortions, we should be very afraid,\u201d Mayor Adams said, referring to a pending gun rights case. \u201cIn a densely populated community like New York, this ruling could have a major impact on us.\u201d He continued, saying, \u201cBut we should all be concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mayor is flat wrong. No greater example exists than the recent Brooklyn subway attack, where one individual targeted innocent New Yorkers left defenseless by New York\u2019s strict gun laws.<\/p>\n

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Mayor Adams isn\u2019t offering protection against criminals, given the two-year surge in criminal violence in New York City and across the country that has seen prosecutors go soft-on-criminals, often releasing to them commit additional crimes and the rise of \u201cdefund the police\u201d policies and law enforcement stretched thin by resignations and retirements. This was the exact reasoning raised by Supreme Court Justices during the case\u2019s oral arguments in November 2021.<\/p>\n

Justice Brett Kavanaugh questioned New York\u2019s solicitor general about why the discretionary law should stand. \u201cWhy isn\u2019t it good enough to say I live in a violent area, and I want to be able to defend myself? With any constitutional right, if it\u2019s up to the discretion of an individual officer, that seems inconsistent with an objective constitutional right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justice Samuel Alito asked, \u201cHow many illegal guns were seized by the New York Police Department last year? All these people with illegal guns, they\u2019re on the subway, and they\u2019re walking around the streets. But the ordinary, hard-working, law-abiding people I mentioned, no, they can\u2019t be armed?\u201d<\/p>\n

The former U.S. Solicitor General arguing for permit applicants and NYSRPA told the Court, \u201cAt the end of the day, I think what it means to give somebody a constitutional right is that they don\u2019t have to satisfy a government official that they have a really good need to exercise it or they face atypical risks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Words vs. Actions
\nMayor Adams campaigned on getting tough on crime and returning safety to his city\u2019s residents. His actions have shown the opposite. He claimed while campaigning that he himself would carry concealed on the job and forego the mayor\u2019s private security detail. Those are both false as he later admitted. Instead of focusing on the criminals committing violent crimes and holding them to account, he\u2019s parroted a gun control agenda that was more likely pulled from President Biden\u2019s false talking points.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem we\u2019re facing is a problem that is hitting our entire nation right now and that is why it is a national response,\u201d Mayor Adams recently said. \u201cWe need a national response to this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of focusing on \u201ca national response,\u201d the mayor should focus on criminals in his city. If he\u2019s not going to follow through on those promises, New Yorkers are right to want to arm themselves for safety and security. He shouldn\u2019t be concerned about their Constitutional right to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MAYOR ADAMS OFFERS VERY BAD \u2018BE VERY CONCERNED\u2019 ADVICE TO NEW YORKERS Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams was elected to get his city back on a path to safety. He\u2019s instead continued down the path of his predecessors to punish law-abiding New Yorkers. He\u2019s failed to turn the focus and resources towards those … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,8,29,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goobermint","category-rkba","category-safety","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81344,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81343\/revisions\/81344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}