Bob Hennelly
WNYC's Bob Hennelly is an award-winning investigative journalist. While at WNYC he has reported on a wide gamut of major public policy questions ranging from immigration and homeland security to power outages and utility mergers.
Bloomberg Wants to Outlaw Carrying Guns While Drunk
Thursday, September 03, 2009
New York, NY –
New York City has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, but Mayor Bloomberg says some surprising loop-holes still need to be closed. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.
REPORTER: Currently a gun owner with a permit to carry a firearm could be too drunk to drive, yet legally carry their gun while intoxicated. In Mayor Bloomberg's latest campaign proposal, that would be a crime, carrying a year of jail time.
BLOOMBERG: If you are in a bar and you see somebody intoxicated and think they might have a gun I know what I would do, I'd either leave that bar or call the cops. I don't want to get shot.
REPORTER: Individuals who are carrying a gun illegally would also be subject to the proposed law. Nineteen states already have laws on the books that limit gun possession by intoxicated individuals - and those with documented drinking problems.
Since 2007 the NYPD requires all officers on or off duty who fire their weapons and wound someone - to submit to a breathalyzer test. For WNYC I'm Bob Hennelly.
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