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> you can carry a gun around and it's considered your right to do so, and but carrying a pocketknife or a leatherman might be a crime Well... it's New York, so

> you can carry a gun around and it's considered your right to do so, and but carrying a pocketknife or a leatherman might be a crime Well... it's New York, so it's unreasonably difficult to carry a firearm (at least, relative to basically every other US state). That said, there are many states where you can carry a handgun without a permit, but certain kinds of knives are illegal. > but the minute you put on the hood that obscures your face, or god forbid a ski-mask, that's when you've apparently crossed a line. How did we get here? Hoods have been used at least since the mid-19th Century as a means of concealing identity while committing crimes. Aside from the KKK, they were also used by groups like the Baldknobbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Knobbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Knobbers Anti-mask laws were historically a response to this sort of thing.

abeppu 2y ago
> Well... it's New York, so it's unreasonably difficult to carry a firearm (at least, relative to basically every other US state). It looks like outside of NYC, no permit or license or registration is required to carry a rifle or shotgun in the state of New York. The handgun "pistol license" requirements have recently been revised after the previous version were slapped down by the courts -- license applicants can no longer be required to provide a "proper cause" for why you need a permit. So you can walk down the same block this guy did carrying a shotgun, but not a knife. https://www.nraila.org/gun-laws/state-gun-laws/new-york/ https://www.nraila.org/gun-laws/state-gun-laws/new-york/ https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/supreme-court-orders-new-decision-n-y-s-19553510.php https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/supreme-court-ord...