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The Sullivan Act
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The Sullivan Act New York State has a gun and weapon control law called called “The Sullivan Act”. This law dates back to the early days of the 20th century, (circa 1911, I think) when extremely corrupt Democrats had the entire run of both New York City and New York State from their power base at Tammany Hall in Manhattan. The Sullivan Act, so named for its politician sponsor, originally required licenses for New Yorkers to possess firearms small enough to be concealed. Possession of such firearms without a license was a misdemeanor, carrying them was a felony. The possession or carrying of weapons such as brass knuckles, sandbags, blackjacks, bludgeons, or bombs was a felony, as was possessing or carrying a dagger, “dangerous knife” or razor “with intent to use the same unlawfully”. Someday, and hopefully too I might add, “The Sullivan Act” may be ruled unconstitutional - it seems to benefit only the rich and politically-connected as it often gets applied nowadays, because only people such as this ever get permits to carry firearms in New York City. (Some examples of such people are Chuck Schumer, Donald Trump, and Howard Stern.) I have a little story about my own experience with the Sullivan Act, so read on. The Sullivan Act was what an undercover cop on patrol in Queens cited as his authority to arrest me on a felony charge last Memorial Day. My crime? I was carrying a jackknife with a three-inch blade on my key chain while walking along a city street. This cop did not arrest me however, because what I believe he was actually trying to achieve was to make a friend of mine who was with me at the time stop being so belligerent towards him and his partner. (We were were stopped by him and his partner on the street. They said we were a close match to a description of two suspects they were seeking for an investigation, but my friend soon then started screaming at them about filing a civil rights complaint and/or lawsuit.) My guess is that this cop only made his threat to arrest me so as to apply leverage against my friend. After I finally convinced my friend to quiet down, the cop then advised me to keep my jackknife inside my cargo shorts pocket for the rest of the time that I would be out on the street that day, to which I readily complied. Then both the cop and and his partner got back into their unmarked vehicle and sped away. Looking back on this experience, I would guess that even this New York City cop did not feel all that much in favor of the Sullivan Act when it comes to small jackknives. It also makes me wonder if New York City has ever issued a permit for carrying a small jackknife to some rich and politically-connected person. |
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