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Tourist Hid Gun In Hotel Chair So He Could Visit 9/11 Memorial
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Jen Chung
Published Apr 18, 2013
Modified Apr 18, 2013
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You know how the NYPD was looking for some guy who placed a loaded handgun into a chair at a lower Manhattan hotel? It turns out the idiot was headed to the 9/11 Memorial.
The police had said that on Sunday, a man walked into the Club Quarters Hotel at 144 Washington Street and placed a "loaded handgun in a chair cushion and left the location." The Post reports that it was a "clueless tourist claiming to be a cop asked 9/11 Memorial security if he could bring in" his .22-caliber gun. It was discovered by someone who sat in the chair.
Of course, the 9/11 Memorial staff said no—a woman from Tennessee was actually arrested for bringing her handgun to the memorial in 2011. That set off a debate about whether NY gun laws are too strict, because out-of-state tourists would need to get a permit to carry a gun if visiting here.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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