Cato’s associate policy analyst, David Kopel, comes to the defense of New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress in today’s Wall Street Journal.  The WSJ law blog is hosting a discussion. 

The restrictive permitting system in New York allows for the rich and celebrities such as Robert DeNiro, Donald Trump, Howard Stern, and Harvey Keitel to carry a concealed weapon.  Average, law-abiding citizens and non-residents are given no consideration. 

This news comes hot on the heels of Brian Doherty’s book, Gun Control on Trial: Inside the Supreme Court Battle over the Second Amendment, and our book forum (archived in video and podcast form).