New York City may be a hotbed of liberals and gun haters, but a few gun stores actually do exist there. However, buying a handgun can be a frustrating experience -- thanks to burdensome regulations and lousy customer service, according an amusing article by Ariel Kaminer in the New York Times: "No Permit? No Touching the Pistols." "To run a gun shop in this of all cities is to weather a great deal of regulatory -- even hostile -- scrutiny," writes Kaminer, a New Yorker who (surprise, surprise) all but admits she hates guns and wouldn't shoot an intruder or even a bird: She's a "pacifist or a coward," she proudly states.New York City is "one of the hardest places in the world to buy a gun," Kaminer reports. What's more, Michael R. Bloomberg is proud of having tightened up gun laws and would like to export those laws to the rest of America, she says.Visiting two dreary gun shops, Kaminer observes that unless you're a cop, they're not very...(Read Full Post)