NYPD Preparing To Revoke Trump’s Gun Permit: Report

In April 2023, after former President Donald Trump was indicted in New York, his concealed carry license was suspended. Now the New York City Police Department is reportedly preparing to revoke it entirely.

According to a senior NYPD official, Trump relinquished two pistols he was licensed to carry on March 31, 2023, but another gun listed on Trump’s license “was lawfully moved to Florida,” CNN reported. The official said an investigation by the NYPD’s Legal Bureau “will likely lead to revocation of his license,” although Trump could challenge such a decision in a hearing.

Because Trump was convicted of 34 felonies at his Manhattan trial, it is a federal crime for him to possess a firearm.

Trump has had a license from the NYPD to carry a concealed firearm for more than a decade, law enforcement sources told CNN.

The verdict in Trump’s trial has been harshly criticized. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) stated:

“I disagree with the jury’s verdict here. A jury can only act within the constraints that a judge puts on it, and this case was rigged from the very beginning. You had Alvin Bragg, who campaigned on getting Donald Trump. You had the judge, who’s a literal Biden donor, and at every turn he ruled in favor of the prosecution. … He never even insisted the prosecution reveal the alleged underlying crime for which Donald Trump supposedly covered up in – in bookkeeping entries. At every turn the judge put his finger on the scales, practically forcing the jury to find – to reach this outcome. … there’s no question Donald Trump should win on appeal.”

Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr stated, “I said from the very start that this was an abomination. And I actually was surprised that they went ahead with the case because there really was nothing there. There was no crime there and they never were able to really articulate it until after the defense rested its case. So I thought the whole thing was a travesty.”

“This case is going to be overruled because there are just multiple errors and violations of constitutional rights,” he continued. “This will be eventually overruled after the election.”