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Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared at an event celebrating the implementation of stricter gun laws that the “theory” of “a good guy with a gun” stopping “bad guys” with guns is over in the Empire State.
“This whole concept that a good guy with a gun will stop the bad guys with a gun, it doesn’t hold up. And the data bears this out, so that theory is over,” Hochul said Wednesday.
Her comments came amid the state rolling out new laws in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that New York’s regulations on obtaining a concealed carry permit were unconstitutionally restrictive.
The new laws took effect Thursday and ban people from carrying firearms at most hospitals, restaurants, transit systems, Times Square, parks, schools, theaters and other areas deemed “sensitive locations.”
NEW YORK LEGISLATION DESIGNATES TIMES SQUARE A ‘GUN FREE’ ZONE
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul delivers virtual remarks at the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Threat Assessment and Management Summit.
(NY Office of the Governor)
“We don’t need guns on our streets. We don’t need people carrying guns in our subways. We don’t need people carrying guns in our schools. We don’t need people carrying in our places of worship. We don’t need them carrying them into bars or restaurants. Because that only makes people less safe,” Hochul said Wednesday.
The governor said the legislation is in direct response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in June, explaining the new laws are New York leaders telling SCOTUS justices, ” We’re going to stand up, pass smart legislation.”
“The Supreme Court with all this data, with all this knowledge, with a law that was working just fine in our state, decide to take us backwards, possibly opening the door to more tragedies when people can carry guns concealed,” she said, citing data that New York has fewer deaths by firearms per 100,000 population than states with more lax gun laws.
“We’re not deterred. We didn’t back down. We stood up and fought back,” she added.
The remarks follow liberal media outlets downplaying and criticizing a recent incident where an armed man in an Indianapolis mall shot and killed a shooter. Local police praised the armed citizen as a “good Samaritan” who prevented “many more people” from dying at the hands of the shooter.
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