More Ridiculous Comments

Last week, SCOPE emailed comments about the 345 Park Avenue shooting and some of the expected comments by the gun grabbing left, especially Kathy Hochul.  There’s more and they get even more ridiculous.

Governor Kathy Hochul noted the alleged Manhattan shooter had a concealed carry permit and she claimed the permit allowed the shooter to have an AR-15. 

The shooter did have a concealed carry permit from Nevada but it applies only to handguns and not AR-15’s.  One Pinocchio for Hochul.

And besides, NY State does not recognize the concealed carry permit from any of the other 49 states and in NY State there is a prohibition against so-called ‘assault weapons.’  So, NY’s draconian gun laws meant nothing to criminals; they only impact law abiding gun owners.  Another Pinocchio for Hochul.

Although New York’s “assault weapons” ban failed to prevent the Manhattan attack, Hochul made it clear that she believes such a ban on a national level would amount to being “tough on crime.” 

Tough on legal gun owners, yes, but definitely not tough on crime.  Another Pinocchio.

Communist NY City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani addressed the mass shooting at the Park Avenue office building while at his family’s private compound in Uganda.  He also called for such a ban to be enacted nationwide and has said that, if elected, he will “lead calls” to pass such a nationwide ban.  And in true communist fashion, Mamdani had previously called for a ban on all firearms: “We need to ban all guns.” (May 24, 2022, tweet.)

No Pinocchio here as he was telling the truth.  In the best traditions of Joe Stalin and Mao Tse Tung, he will ignore the 2nd Amendment and do everything he can to disarm law-abiding American citizens.

In a 2016 speech, Barack Obama said: “…it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book.”

Not to be outdone by Obama, New York City Mayor Eric Adams claimed, “Automatic weapons are as easy to get as a cell phone.”

First, you have to find an automatic weapon (machine gun) manufactured before 1984 since it is illegal to purchase one manufactured after that date.  That’s no easy task.  Conversely, there is no cutoff date on purchasing cell phones.

One big Pinocchio for Adams!

To buy that automatic weapon, you must be fingerprinted and photographed and pass a background check and pay a federal tax of $200 and register the firearm with the ATF. The process for doing this can take months.

I know the lines in the cell phone store can get long but come on…

Another big Pinocchio for Adams

And by the way, the Manhattan attacker did not use an automatic weapon. He used a semiautomatic rifle.  As a former NY Police Department Captain, one would expect Adams to know the difference between an automatic and semi-automatic firearm.

One would also expect gun-grabbers to know the difference between laws that impact criminals and laws that impact law-abiding citizens.  But they don’t and we still labor under these ill-conceived laws.