The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07
AFFECTS $50 900 PISTOLS.
New Aork's New Law Requires
$1O-A-Year License Even to
Keep One In House.

$1O-A-Year License Even to
Keep One In House.
The police estimate that the num-
Der OF New York city householders
having in their homes a revolver is
about 100000. Besides these repu
table citizens there are fully 10000
undesirables - thugs, highwaymen,
rowdies, etc.-who have firearms and
who make a practice of carrying
them
To all these. persons Commissioner
Waldo gives warning that but three
days remain in which to get rid OF
the weapins procure license for
having them in their possession or
take the consequences ii they are
found out by the authorities, for on
September l the Sullivan act In rela-
ton to the sale and carrying OF such
Weapons goes into effect, and the po-t
lice will enforce it strictly.
Briefly here are the principal pro-
visions OF the act and the penalties:
ANY person having In his posses
sion a pistol, revolver or other fire
arm of a size that may be concealed
upon the person, without a license,
shall be guilty Of misdemeanor.
ANY person who shall have or car
ry concealed upon his person any pis-
toll, revolver or other firearm without
license shall be guilty of felony.
ANY person not citizen OF the
United States who shall carry fire.
arms or any dangerous weapon in any
public place at any time shall be
guilty of a felony.
sAny person who attempts to use
against another or who carries and
possesses any instrument or weapon
of the kind known as blackjack,
slungshot, billy, etc. or carries or
possesses a dagger, dirk, knife, etc,
is guilty of a felony
In plain language this means that
pistol no the highway without IL
cense after September l. If he has a
pistol on the highway without Ii
the pillow or stored away in trunk
he is guilty of misdemeanor Being
only misdemeanor, the police can
not search ones house for it without
household he may still be prepared to
shoot. But here's the rub. If you
do and hit the mark, the police can
nab the intruder nd then take you
along for having weapon in your
possession. Or if the burglar gets
away, you may go along as the sole
prisoner. Rather than do this, it
might be better to destroy whatever
| firearm you may have. This will
make it easy for the burglar.
Should you wish to procure Ii
cense you may do so for $40 a year
which will entitle you to carry a pis..
| tol also 1t is understood, however,
that very few permits will be granted
andQ these only for the best of rea-
song
| II is said by the police that no IL
censes have been asked for under the
new law. A special squad of detect
ives will be detailed for time to
look for open violators of the law and
watch window displays of arms.
| Commissioner Waldo after a con-
sultation with Chief Magistrate Nc
| Adoo yesterday, decided to enforce
the law to the limit. His men will
visit all pawnshops and every place
where he has reason to believe a
weapon is kept. The police believe
that when thugs learn that weapon
found upon their person means going
to jail, there will be a general de-
crease in the number carried and a
corresponding decrease in fights and
murders. New York World.