Case Study: New York, Gun vs. Knife Incident
By Gregory Kielma
New York: If I legally carry a firearm and someone is robbing a store I'm in, can I draw the weapon if the robber has a knife? If no shots are fired, is this legal?
If I legally carry a firearm and someone is robbing a store I'm in, can I draw the weapon if the robber has a knife? If no shots are fired, is this legal?
From Jim Z an avid reader of the blog.
It depends on your political climate in your state, and the laws where this takes place.
Let’s use New York City:
You’re carrying a firearm. Do you have a NYC-issued permit to do so?
If not, you just bagged yourself five years in jail.
NYC recognizes NO OTHER firearms permit, even those issued by New York STATE, as valid, within city limits.
You brought a GUN
to a KNIFE
fight. You’re using a MORE
deadly weapon than your opponent. That’s known as “escalation of force”, and it kills any futile attempt you make at a self-defense plea.
You DREW your gun.
You committed “menacing with a deadly weapon”, even though NEITHER
of you did ANYTHING. Because YOU
have a GUN, and HE
has only a KNIFE, YOU
are the guilty party.
Using a weapon of ANY
kind, except for your bare hands, to defend yourself, is illegal in New York City, thanks to many decades of Democrat rule, and the mindless citizens that keep voting them into office.