Could New York City Have a Pro-Gun Mayor?

Over the last year, New York City has experienced a surge in homicides, largely the product of New York’s soft-on-crime policies and the rampant unrest that followed the death of George Floyd. 

One mayoral candidate in NYC wants to change that by allowing lawful citizens to have easier access to firearms.

Fernando Mateo is campaigning on a pro-Second Amendment platform as a means to provide some semblance of public safety in New York City, especially at a time when law enforcement can’t be counted on to provide the most basic of services.

In an interview with Breitbart News on May 11, 2021, Mateo said that the process for acquiring a handgun permit in NYC was “slow, nearly impossible, and then issuance of permits stopped altogether.”

Mateo, who is running under the Republican banner, also observed that under the Democrat’s watch, carry permit renewals were delayed for over six months, and according to AWR Hawkins of Breitbart, they “eventually came to a grinding halt.”

Part of Mateo’s main policy plank, should he be elected as mayor, is to make sure that carry permits are issued in a timely manner.