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Commish Invites City Council To Shoot Guns

2010_06_firing.jpg After two State Assembly members sponsored a bill that would require NYPD officers to shoot to wound—not kill—perps, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is inviting all City Council members to fire weapons at the NYPD's firing range. City Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Queens), who heads the Public Safety Committee, said, "I would recommend everyone goes. It's a very eye-opening experience, especially for anyone who thinks police officers should shoot guns out of people's hands... They should fire a gun first and see what it's like and try to avoid shooting the birds from the recoil." The Post notes that Vallone owns a rifle.

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  • doubletap

    Too many folks condemn and criticize an issue knowing little about it. Try the thing, then formulate your own opinion.

  • ABSORB

    If the city council members knew anything about guns we wouldn't have the stupid gun laws we currently have.

    They probably wet their pants at the sight of a gun!

  • napalm

    You can always tell, that these piss-heads who love the NYPD, even if they "are" a bunch of juiced-up racist thugs, are individuals who were bitch-slapped around high school and got their lunch money took on a daily basis through elementary and Jr high..

    So they figured, pigs are our heros!... PUSSIES!

  • inoyourider

    And you can always tell the assholes who go looking for trouble and deserve to get shit on a little bit.

  • tnuc

    or most of them are just normal people doing an dangerous job, trying to go home to they're families at night. maybe they should give you a pink teddy bear with your next open beer ticket to go with your childish attitude.

  • napalm

    Rite, because normal people just want to go home to their families. So is that why they drive drunk and kill themselves and real normal people in the process?

    And is that a set example for people who are un-normal?.... oohhhh, I think I got it now

  • tnuc

    only cops drive drunk

  • JacqueMehoff

    hey didn't you post this on the drunk cops story, the one where this week the tox test came back that they were drunk. same old story with the "next time you people get robbed" yada yada yada.

    I've never did call a cop and I'll take my chances, I'm a big boy. holy crap, cops work on holidays? I didn't know that, just like bus drivers or airline pilots.

    [22] | tnuc

    This is a horrible tragedy and all you people can do is bash dead people. There is no proof yet that the driver was legally drunk. Next time you people get robbed don't call the police. I hope next time you drink you decide to walk home and trip and crack your head on the sidewalk and become a vegetable, and everyone makes fun of you for drinking at your bedside. That is all. Goodnight.

    My condolence and prayers go out to all the family and friends of the deceased and injured. Speedy recovery to all including the cop struck in Brooklyn.

    Reply | May 18, 2010 1:07 AM

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  • JacqueMehoff

    ugh, again with the dangerous job and going home to their families at night. We have to stop this. it's a job like any other job. stop making it something more than it is.

    Unless you're one of them or married to them, you're always going to be a regular citizen to them. it's too much to explain.

  • tnuc

    along with shooting at targets, they should put the senators on foot in east new york and see how it is on the other side. dealing with these savages that don't value anything in life might change they're outlook on these areas. these thugs will have a shoot out in broad daylight over drug turf and hit young kids. but a cop kills a guy and the public is in an uproar. trust me none of you in this blog would ever "hang out" with Sean bell. you would shit in your pant if you had to walk into his projects with out a cop.

    and it is not like any other job. how many business or salesman fight with people on a daily basis, get shot at, work every single holiday. if you hate cops so much then never call them again. when your sister get mugged or when you get into and accident. don't call. just deal with it.

  • inoyourider

    Up until a couple years ago you could shoot a rifle at a range, no permit.

    now you need a permit for anything.

    And yeah, they should get a fucking clue.

    Every adult should be able to properly fire a firearm with reasonable accuracy.

    It's a skill adults should have, like knowing how to drive and knowing CPR.

    And if someone with a gun confronts a cop, the police should do us all a favor and shoot to kill.

  • napalm

    Breaking News! White supremacists and KKK members have threatened to walk off the NYPD if they're not allowed to shoot and "kill" minorities.

  • tnuc

    wouldn't you quit if you couldn't do what you liked anymore.

  • JacqueMehoff

    Don't they need a pistol permit to even touch a handgun?

    how'd they get one so quick?

  • longacre

    I don't think you need a permit if you are at a gun range.

  • Jacque Mehoff is right, to shoot a pistol at a gun range in the state of New York you need a permit.

    You can shoot rifles at a range with no permit, but handguns are an entirely different story.

  • hotstepper

    you have to have a permit for any firearm in NYC.

    http://www.nraila.org/gunlaws/nyc.aspx

  • JacqueMehoff

    You need a permit to even look at a handgun.

    range or no range.

    I'm sure some gothamist gunowners will chime in or not.

  • xgeyiph772

    Good idea. Have them form a circle in City Hall Park and start shooting. Be the best thing for this city in years!

  • MT

    LOL! Maybe we can have a repeat performance in Albany when they are done.

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