Eric Adams says private NYC businesses can restrict gunsBy Emily Crane
June 24, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams said Friday that it will be up to private businesses to decide whether to allow concealed guns under the new Supreme Court ruling — as he revealed he wants to convene mayors across the US to collectively fight the controversial decision.
Adams insisted he would aggressively fight the high court’s decision to strike down the Empire State’s century-old law restricting firearms, saying the city was already trying to identify locations where guns can be banned.
“Based on the preliminary analysis, our legal counsel stated private areas can come up with their own form of restrictions, but it’s clear the Supreme Court said you can’t block out all of Manhattan. That’s problematic,” Hizzoner told WNBC4.
“When you say you cannot create those public areas or government areas as sensitive locations, it just makes it extremely challenging for our city, our subway system, all of these places where large number of people congregate.”
The mayor said they were also trying to determine if the city could enforce firearm bans in government buildings and schools in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision.
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https://nypost.com/2022/06/24/eric-adams-says-private-nyc-businesses-can-restrict-guns/