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New York City councilwoman arrested for bringing gun to pro-Palestinian rally: NYPD

abcnews.go.com New York City councilwoman arrested for bringing gun to pro-Palestinian rally: NYPD

Councilwoman Inna Vernikov was arrested and charged after she allegedly brought a firearm to a Brooklyn protest, police said.

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“Vernikov, a Ukrainian immigrant who has been a staunch opponent of Palestinian rallies, posted a video of herself at the rally on X, formerly known as Twitter, claiming, "If you are here, standing today with these people, you’re nothing short of a terrorist without the bombs."”

Sounds like she went looking for trouble, maybe even for an excuse to use that gun.

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- From the article: "At no point in time was anyone menaced or injured as a result of her possessing the firearm"
  
  Given we know she did not threaten anyone. Why should she be arrested for exercising her rights?
  
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  You read that part, but ignored the part right before:
  
  Although the councilwoman has a concealed carry permit, she violated the recently passed city law that prohibits civilians from bringing firearms to protests, the police said.
  
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  This is such a beautiful example of cherry picking the bits you like. The answer to your question is literally the sentence right above the one you have surgically quoted:
  
  "Although the councilwoman has a concealed carry permit, she violated the recently passed city law that prohibits civilians from bringing firearms to protests, the police said.
  
  "At no point in time was anyone menaced or injured as a result of her possessing the firearm at the earlier protest," the NYPD said in a statement."
  
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  Because breaking an explicit law isn’t “exercising your rights.” It’s specifically and literally not a right.
  
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  Read the article.
  
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She's a Council member. She could have gotten a police escort with one phone call.

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If it was a BLM protest she would have been able to keep the gun and gotten away with murder like Kyle Rittenhouse did.

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- Nothing to do with BLM, all about the state laws.
  
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  You...didn't get the joke at all.
  
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she violated the recently passed city law that prohibits civilians from bringing firearms to protests, the police said

At no point in time was anyone menaced or injured as a result of her possessing the firearm

Unless she was threatening someone (the article specifically claims she wasn't), she will be acquitted. One does not have just one right at a time, one has all their rights all the time.

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- Cities can absolutely pass enforceable gun laws. She brought a firearm into a prohibited place, that's not a right.
  
  And concealed carry should be exactly that. If people can easily see it, that's effectively brandishing (in areas without open carry). That was made abundantly clear at the CC class I attended. Now it's open carry here and doesn't matter.
  
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  Cities can absolutely pass enforceable gun laws.
  
  A law that makes it illegal to exercise 1st Amendment rights and 2nd Amendment rights at the same time will not withstand scrutiny. Neither of those rights are mutually exclusive. Shenanigans like this is how the recent NY Rifle and Pistol Association vs Bruen SCOTUS case came to be. NY pushes unenforceable restrictions on rights regularly.
  
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- One does not have just one right at a time, one has all their rights all the time.
  
  Go to the White House tour while carrying a gun. Let us know how it went.
  
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- Bitch if you can't see how bringing in a gun is an inherent act of menacing then you're the exact kind of ignoramus who should never be trusted with a firearm.
  
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