tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post5133225407729204238..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: The Most Amazing Amicus Brief So Far in NYSRPA v. CorlettClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-45086829232750905492021-08-27T14:20:26.853-06:002021-08-27T14:20:26.853-06:00Timothy "Big Tim" Sullivan, a Tammany Ha...Timothy "Big Tim" Sullivan, a Tammany Hall crooked politician, managed to get his gun-control legislation passed before his tertiary syphilis took his life. <br />He used it as a tool to keep the Irish hoodlums used by the Tammany Hall mob in line. If any of them proved to be "difficult", the Tammany controlled police would slip a gun into one of his pockets, then arrest him. A year in jail would teach him who was boss.<br />Of course, the Irish hoods also benefitted, since the law was used to control the newer Italian immigrants, whose hoodlum members were competition for the established Irish hoods. <br />The first conviction under the Sullivan Law was an Italian immigrant, who claimed he was armed to protect himself from the "Black Hand". DeadMensFingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485531426332027940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-41006627402784184822021-08-27T14:18:06.164-06:002021-08-27T14:18:06.164-06:00Timothy "Big Tim" Sullivan, a Tammany Ha...Timothy "Big Tim" Sullivan, a Tammany Hall crooked politician, managed to get his gun-control legislation passed before his tertiary syphilis took his life. <br />He used it as a tool to keep the Irish hoodlums used by the Tammany Hall mob in line. If any of them proved to be "difficult", the Tammany controlled police would slip a gun into one of his pockets, then arrest him. A year in jail would teach him who was boss.<br />Of course, the Irish hoods also benefitted, since the law was used to control the newer Italian immigrants, whose hoodlum members were competition for the established Irish hoods. <br />The first conviction under the Sullivan Law was an Italian immigrant, who claimed he was armed to protect himself from the "Black Hand". DeadMensFingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485531426332027940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-63052944400103120062021-07-25T08:03:00.027-06:002021-07-25T08:03:00.027-06:00I think the original Sullivan Law was aimed at Iri...I think the original Sullivan Law was aimed at Irish and Italian immigrants. Of course useful against any scorned minorities John Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07512292512993140028noreply@blogger.com