Show n I THE HE STORY OF THE SULLIVAN AN LAW LAV The New York Sullivan Law which mages carrying a concealed concealed concealed con con- weapon without a permit a penitentiary offense is often held up u as a model by b crime reformers who advocate the enactment uncut of similar laws throughout the nation In speaking of this Strong of Brooklyn rn recently said that the history of the so-called so Sullivan law is one one of in- in rL r t terest The law was first enacted at the request of one Sullivan Sulli Sulli- r van vun In m order to protect his gangs against the inroads of other T gans brans the Last bast bide fide of oi New York so that Sullivans Sullivan's r. r gangsters could obtain permits while the rival gangsters could slut fiver since the enactment of this law gangsters have has had Pistols either with or without permits many of them obtaining o 1 permits through either political pull or or deceit While the gangI gang- gang I fa seer ter is evading or violating the law the householder and average citizen has been left unprotected largely because the obtaining obtainIng obtain obtain- ing of a permit by him has been suro with annoyance and andred andred red ed tape An Au laws which have attempted to reduce crime by passing general restrictions on the sale of weapons have borne similar results Efficient criminal organizations would have no trouble in providing their members with smuggled guns even if all other i purees failed To the criminal pistol laws are jokes which assure him unarmed prospects |