{"id":881,"date":"2006-03-27T08:13:19","date_gmt":"2006-03-27T16:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/03\/youre_fired_upon.html"},"modified":"2006-03-27T08:13:19","modified_gmt":"2006-03-27T16:13:19","slug":"youre_fired_upo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/03\/youre_fired_upo.html","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re Fired (Upon)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Post notes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/news\/regionalnews\/63648.htm\">which of the wealthiest among us are armed<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Ronald Lauder has joined trigger-happy tycoons Donald Trump and Seagrams scion Edgar Bronfman Sr. as the richest men in the city packing heat, according to the NYPD&#8217;s gun-permit list.<\/p>\n<p>Lauder, the cosmetics heir, and multimillionaire Marvel Comics CEO Isaac Perlmutter are the newest gun-club members licensed to carry a weapon &#8212; topping a list that already included &#8220;Mean Streets&#8221; actors Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro, &#8220;Scarface&#8221; producer Martin Bregman and shock jocks Don Imus and Howard Stern.<\/p>\n<p>These boldfaced names are among more than 38,000 licensed gun owners in the city; the number has steadily declined in recent years as fewer people apply for permits &#8212; and fewer are approved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The review is thorough and it may include a site visit,&#8221; said Police Inspector Michael Coan. &#8220;Permits are reviewed upon renewal to ensure proper cause exists to continue the permit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other gun-toting notables<\/strong> &#8212; who have a license to carry as opposed to a permit to keep their weapon only at a home or business &#8212; <strong>include anti-gun activist Fernando Mateo<\/strong> and Giuliani Partners execs Richard Sheirer and Anthony Carbonetti &#8212; an in-law of the notorious booze-peddling Dorrian clan.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Senate majority leader Joe Bruno and music czar Tommy Mottola remain licensed carriers, according to NYPD records through March 17.<\/em> [Emph. added for the delicious irony]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Post notes which of the wealthiest among us are armed: Ronald Lauder has joined trigger-happy tycoons Donald Trump and Seagrams scion Edgar Bronfman Sr. as the richest men in the city packing heat, according to the NYPD&#8217;s gun-permit list. Lauder, the cosmetics heir, and multimillionaire Marvel Comics CEO Isaac Perlmutter are the newest gun-club [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-were_all_gonna_die"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}