Originally Posted by DunKeL GraU

The NY laws are pretty much the same. And yes NY has some of, if not the strictest gun control laws of any state. The problem here in NY is the prosecution and sentencing of gun offenders. There is little fear of any kind of a strict sentence
If arrested for illegally carrying a firearm in NYC unless you have several prior convictions, of which require them to be for at least one violent crime. So there really is no incentive for a criminal to not carry a gun around. It's sad. And it will get worse here in NYC before it gets better. But that's a story for another thread.

And again my heart does go out to the paralyzed rider. I don't know what his involvement was in this rally, but it may just be that he decided to go along for a ride with people he didn't even know, never rode with before and had no idea of any bad intentions some of the riders may have had.