New York State law makes it next to impossible for Jews and others legally to arm themselves for protection.
Last week, Inna Vernikov, a New York City councilwoman representing southern Brooklyn, was charged with criminal possession of a firearm. The story flared briefly, then faded amid graver breaking developments, but it’s worth retelling, because the story of Vernikov’s plight is the story of why Jews aren’t and cannot be safe in New York or any other major American city. It’s the story of bad laws happening to good people.
