Escape from New York

The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear a challenge to a New York City gun ordinance that does not allow people licensed to have guns in their homes to transport the weapons outside the city. [More]

You wonder who could be against that and what justification they could possibly have, and then you read:

Lawyers for the city responded that the law was justified by public safety considerations. 

I'm having another John Wayne moment, except instead of "hit" the word "hang" comes to mind...