Bankers arm selves against public

[57Coastie]

New York bankers arm themselves against the public.

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Jim

[jimlongley]

I read your column with interest.

But I do have a little nit to pick -

You state that "Common sense tells you a handgun is probably not even all that useful." but I don't see any "common sense" about it. If you have a handgun as a defensive tool, keeping it in the safe, separate from the ammo is about as far from common sense as anyone could get. An unloaded handgun is a poor substitute for a hammer.

Real common sense tells you that if you are keeping a handgun as a self defense tool, then you must keep it on your body or within reach, and loaded, and ready to go, 24/7/365.

Now maybe that part of your column was meant to be tongue in cheek, but considering the rest of it, it appears you have bitten your tongue instead.

Jim Longley

[jimlongley]

This is actually a telling and sad commentary on the pistol permit process in NY City. The writer's comments make it appear just that easy for the rich and well connected to obtain a pistol permit in NY CIty, much less NY State. It's a sure thing for a banking executive to get one, but let Bernie Goetz or Jim Longley, both with impeccably spotless records, and Jim with an Honorable Discharge from the US Navy as a 3rd Class Gunner's Mate, and it's a whole different story.

[joe817]

Great satirical article Coastie! Thanks for posting. I got a good chuckle out of it.

It takes greed and fleecing the American public to the next level, and shows what the greedy are willing to do to protect their ill gotten gains.

[Paladin]

If the chief enforcement officer of the SEC weren't a Goldman Sachs alum, the banksters at Goldman might even see justice sometime in this lifetime...