How the tea party leader accidentally became a gun rights poster boy
Mother Jones

As a leader of the Tea Party Patriots, Mark Meckler has settled into a role as the public face of this movement of irate conservatives. But in New York last month, he accidentally became the poster boy for another group of feisty activists, thanks to his arrest on felony gun charges.

While its laws have come under heavy fire after Meckler's arrest, New York City's strict gun laws have actually helped keep the city's residents far safer than in places with laxer regulations. New York is one of nine states that doesn't recognize out-of-state concealed carry permits.

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Mother Jones
By Stephanie Mencimer
Fri Jan. 13, 2012