NYC Bodega Owners Arm Themselves amid Surging Crime

[Paladin]

NYC Bodega Owners Arm Themselves amid Surging Crime

The New York Post pointed to the National Supermarket Association, which indicated upwards of 25 percent of NYC bodega owners are armed as compared with roughly ten percent prior to coronavirus shutdowns.

Moreover, “the United Bodegas of America and the Bodega and Small Business Group said they’ve helped at least 230 store owners apply for their gun licenses, connecting them with concealed-carry classes required by the state to obtain a permit.”

Its good to see shopkeepers taking responsibility for themselves now that the laws have changed.

Too bad that NYC shut down the best anti-violent crime program they ever had going: Jim Cirillo's Tales of the Stakeout Squad

[grnamin]

The biggest hurdle these bodega owners face is the dragonian "licensing" program of NYC. They are a "might issue" jurisdiction.

[philip964]

The biggest hurdle these bodega owners face is the dragonian "licensing" program of NYC. They are a "might issue" jurisdiction.

Then if they were to actually draw the gun, heaven help them probably life in prison.

Let alone fire it, let alone kill or wound a protected person. They might bring back the death penalty for that.