Kathy Hochul says 'I don't need to have numbers' to back up her BS claim that concealed carry permit holders make N.Y. more dangerous [video]

Sarah D | 2:16 PM on June 30, 2022

Last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul proclaimed that people wanting to concealed carry in order to protect themselves should the need arise “makes everyone else feel very unsafe.”

NY's @GovKathyHochul: People bearing arms for self-protection "makes everyone else feel very unsafe." pic.twitter.com/GJsIXvT6jQ

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 24, 2022

That didn’t really make much sense when we heard it, but to be fair, we also don’t have access to the data she has access to — which she doesn’t think we need or should have access to:

Anne: Do you have numbers to show that it’s the concealed carry permit holders that are committing crimes?

Hochul: I don’t need to have numbers. I don’t need to have a data point to say this. I know that I have a responsibility for this state to have sensible gun safety laws. pic.twitter.com/NiCp7POO88

— Anne McCloy (@AnneMcCloyNews) June 29, 2022

Transcript:

“I don’t need to have numbers. I don’t need th— I don’t have to have a data point to point to to say that this is gonna ma— All I know is that I have a responsibility to the people of this state to have sensible gun safety laws […] I don’t need a data point to make the case that I have a responsibility to protect the people of this state.”