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Manhattan Rampage Shows Clear Failing Of New York
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Manhattan Rampage Shows Clear Failing Of New York Anti-Gun Laws
To: State Desk
Contact: Alan Gottlieb of the Citizens Committee for the Right to
Keep and Bear Arms, 425-454-4911
BELLEVUE, Wash., June 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The weekend shooting
rampage at a bar and restaurant on Manhattan's East Side is yet
another clear demonstration that New York state's anti-gun laws
have failed to protect the public.
Joe Waldron, Executive Director of the Citizens Committee for
the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, called the racially-motivated
shooting of three persons by alleged gunman Steven Johnson a
"failure of gun control." Johnson reportedly invaded the bar,
intent on killing as many white people as he could before being
gunned down by police in what appears to be a planned "suicide by
cop."
"New York has some of the most draconian gun laws on the
books," Waldron observed, "and every one of them was promoted by
their sponsors as a measure to prevent this kind of rampage. But
all these gun laws have done is disarm law-abiding citizens, making
them easy prey for criminals and maniacs who will always managed to
get a gun, no matter how many laws are passed to keep firearms out
of the hands of honest people."
Comparing the June 16 shooting to the December 1993 Long Island
commuter train slaughter mounted by Colin Ferguson, Waldron called
Johnson's act an "outrage" that might not have been possible had
even one customer of the Bar Veloce been legally armed.
"Thanks to New York's insane gun restrictions," Waldron
observed, "The 'Big Apple' is one big target-rich environment for
maniacs who can invade a business establishment, herd patrons into
a back room, douse them with kerosene and threaten to burn them to
death.
"We're all fortunate for the courage shown by two young women,
Annie Hubbard and Ann Margaret Gidley," Waldron continued. "Heroes
in the true sense, they fought back while others cowered, unable to
defend themselves because New York has effectively disarmed
victims. Miss Hubbard suffered a gunshot wound which she might not
have had to endure, had there been at least one legally-armed
citizen in that bar.
"It is outrages like this," he concluded, "that should
galvanize New Yorkers to demand repeal of restrictive gun laws that
leave them at the non-existent mercy of urban terrorists and
madmen."
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of
the nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit
organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving
firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and
facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in
local communities throughout the United States.
http://www.usnewswire.com
-0-
/U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
06/17 20:20
Copyright 2002, U.S. Newswire http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/first/0617-138.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
To: State Desk
Contact: Alan Gottlieb of the Citizens Committee for the Right to
Keep and Bear Arms, 425-454-4911
BELLEVUE, Wash., June 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The weekend shooting
rampage at a bar and restaurant on Manhattan's East Side is yet
another clear demonstration that New York state's anti-gun laws
have failed to protect the public.
Joe Waldron, Executive Director of the Citizens Committee for
the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, called the racially-motivated
shooting of three persons by alleged gunman Steven Johnson a
"failure of gun control." Johnson reportedly invaded the bar,
intent on killing as many white people as he could before being
gunned down by police in what appears to be a planned "suicide by
cop."
"New York has some of the most draconian gun laws on the
books," Waldron observed, "and every one of them was promoted by
their sponsors as a measure to prevent this kind of rampage. But
all these gun laws have done is disarm law-abiding citizens, making
them easy prey for criminals and maniacs who will always managed to
get a gun, no matter how many laws are passed to keep firearms out
of the hands of honest people."
Comparing the June 16 shooting to the December 1993 Long Island
commuter train slaughter mounted by Colin Ferguson, Waldron called
Johnson's act an "outrage" that might not have been possible had
even one customer of the Bar Veloce been legally armed.
"Thanks to New York's insane gun restrictions," Waldron
observed, "The 'Big Apple' is one big target-rich environment for
maniacs who can invade a business establishment, herd patrons into
a back room, douse them with kerosene and threaten to burn them to
death.
"We're all fortunate for the courage shown by two young women,
Annie Hubbard and Ann Margaret Gidley," Waldron continued. "Heroes
in the true sense, they fought back while others cowered, unable to
defend themselves because New York has effectively disarmed
victims. Miss Hubbard suffered a gunshot wound which she might not
have had to endure, had there been at least one legally-armed
citizen in that bar.
"It is outrages like this," he concluded, "that should
galvanize New Yorkers to demand repeal of restrictive gun laws that
leave them at the non-existent mercy of urban terrorists and
madmen."
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of
the nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit
organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving
firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and
facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in
local communities throughout the United States.
http://www.usnewswire.com
-0-
/U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
06/17 20:20
Copyright 2002, U.S. Newswire http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/first/0617-138.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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