https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/23/gun-restrictions-have-always-bred-defiance-and-black-markets/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 01:50:24 -0400<![CDATA[As it turned out, the illicit rifle was not only cheaper and easier to obtain than the legal pistol, but the seller was much more pleasant to deal with than the cops administering the official process. The police officers at New York City’s One Police Plaza, once I actually got into the place, were flat-out rude. They weren’t abusive as much as surly in a special bureaucratic way, backed up by the implied threat that they could punish back-talk with a simple nudge of your papers into the trash can. I bit my tongue, but everybody has their own limit. A “customer” at an adjoining desk in the cramped warren stood up, announced loudly that rather than put up with this treatment he’d buy his gun on the street, then stalked from the room.]]>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 14:15:47 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/23/gun-restrictions-have-always-bred-defiance-and-black-markets-n98527