Like you and me, only better
In New York, it’s expensive to even get the city to allow you to own a gun. It’s impossible to get permission to carry one, unless you’re a celebrity or filthy rich (ask Robert Di Nero):
Gov. Pataki has quietly allowed one of his biggest contributors to be made a “deputy superintendent” and “colonel” in the State Police, angering law-enforcement officials, The Post has learned.
David Mack, a megamillionaire New York City construction executive whose brother provided the governor with a controversial private jet ride to a St. Barts vacation last year, regularly shows up at official functions, including police funerals, in a full-dress police uniform with a 9 mm pistol on his belt, a prominent law-enforcement source told The Post.
It mentions later in the article that he’s not authorized to carry a handgun and has no police power. Why, then, can he pack a 9MM when in uniform?
October 27th, 2004 at 1:35 pm
The article says he has a personal pistol permit. I would assume this means he has a permit to carry, but what do I know.
October 27th, 2004 at 1:38 pm
I think in NY, you need a pistol permit to own a pistol. TO carry, you have to be rich, famous, or related to someone who is.