{"id":4747,"date":"2011-02-19T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/02\/19\/rich-and-famous\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:13:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:13:27","slug":"rich-and-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4747","title":{"rendered":"The Rich And Famous"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:18105,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikiquote.org\\\/wiki\\\/Talk:F._Scott_Fitzgerald&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikiquote.org\\\/wiki\\\/Talk:F._Scott_Fitzgerald&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:18106,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nytimes.com\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/20\\\/nyregion\\\/20guns.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:18107,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nyc.gov\\\/html\\\/dcp\\\/html\\\/census\\\/popcur.shtml&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nyc.gov\\\/html\\\/dcp\\\/html\\\/census\\\/popcur.shtml&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Fitzgerald: <i>The rich are different than you and me<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Hemingway: <i>Yes, they have more money.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>While this is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Talk:F._Scott_Fitzgerald\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actually a misquotation of a conversation<\/a> between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, when applied to New York City&#8217;s pistol permits system, the rich (and famous) are different than you and me. They can get their pistol permit applications approved.<\/p>\n<p>In an article published today entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/02\/20\/nyregion\/20guns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>The Rich, the Famous, the Armed<\/i><\/a>, the New York Times examined New York City public records to see who had a pistol permit. In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/html\/dcp\/html\/census\/popcur.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">city of 8.3 million<\/a> residents, only 37,000 people have pistol permits.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Among the more than 37,000 people licensed to have a handgun in the city are dozens of boldface names and public figures: prominent business leaders, elected officials, celebrities, journalists, judges and lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>Some expressed pride in their gun ownership, like the renowned divorce lawyer Raoul Felder, who readily posed with his .38-caliber Smith &amp; Wesson. Others, including David Breitbart, Yetta Kurland and Walter Mack, all well-known lawyers, were irked to learn they would be included in an article based on the public records. And there were a few conflicted souls, like Alexis Stewart, co-host of \u201cWhatever With Alexis and Jennifer\u201d on SiriusXM radio and the Hallmark Channel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe people should be allowed to have guns in America,\u201d Ms. Stewart, daughter of Martha, said in an interview, explaining that she bought a .357 Magnum after 9\/11 \u2014 but would be happy to give it up if handguns were banned. \u201cHaving a swimming pool is way more dangerous than having a gun,\u201d she added.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While I would agree with Alexis Stewart that a swimming pool is more dangerous than a firearm in the house, her hypocrisy irks me. Because she is part of NYC&#8217;s privileged class, she can get a pistol permit and did. However, she doesn&#8217;t believe that people (other than her) should have guns in America. She, of course, would &#8220;give it up if handguns were banned&#8221;. Of course she would &#8211; because she&#8217;d would then just hire a bodyguard to protect her from the riff-raff.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fitzgerald: The rich are different than you and me. Hemingway: Yes, they have more money. While this is actually&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1100,2255,4430],"class_list":["post-4747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-new-york-city","tag-pistol-permits","tag-wealthy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6306,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions\/6306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}