And that explains why it’s so easy to get a carry permit in NYC, I guess…

Michael Bloomberg: Benevolent despotism since…well, it just seems like forever.

“Keep in mind, we’re not proposing to do anything that detrimental to most gun owners. You can still have your guns. You know, maybe not assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, but I don’t know what the hell you need them for anyway. But if you want to go hunting, you want to target shoot, you want to protect your family, I don’t have a problem with that any more than I have a problem with smoking.”

Unless you do it around him, of course. Or get caught doing it anywhere else. Some things just need to be controlled you know. And when Bloomy says “some things,” he naturally means “everything.”