New York City officials have created boundaries around tourism mecca Times Square to better protect the Great White Way. But will laminated 'Gun-Free Zone' signs work?
Fox News’ Laura Ingle reports on New York’s effort to designate ‘sensitive places’ as gun-free zones throughout the state.Law enforcement experts are raising their eyebrows over"gun free zone" law, which established a perimeter lined with laminated signs prohibiting the public from carrying firearms within, as one longtime police executive said the new legislation doesn’t"make sense" and is"extremely confusing.
"The people who are doing the crime in the city, the people who are killing each other, are not the guys with licenses."Monahan spent just months shy of 40 years with the NYPD before he retired as Chief of Department in 2021. He said when he first heard the news of the"gun-free zones," it"didn’t make sense."
"In 40 years of policing, the main thing I always wanted was that illegal gun carrier – someone who never had a permit, someone who’s out there looking to do harm with that gun," he said."That’s what the police need to focus on." Just last week, New York City Council officially defined the perimeter of the zone from Sixth to Ninth avenues and West 40th to West 53rd streets, local news station.
People walk past a "Gun Free Zone" sign posted on 40th Street and Broadway on August 31, 2022 in New York City.New York
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