openly on the subways. that s a safety issue for everybody. new yorkers were required to obtain licenses to carry firearms. and imposed a one-yearen sentence on carrying a weapon. just one year in jail, no judges feeling sorry for you. citizens seemed to identify, sympathize with goetz. he had a set of cohones. even though he looked like casper milk toast, people lived vicariously through him. bernie took it into his own
hands and did something. that s a dangerous approach if you are going to have a civil society. he thought this was the beginning much a movement in new york to arm citizens. the national rifle association supported goetz. they needed something to encapsulate the message. after a few days we had it down. it was simple. a government that cannot protect its citizens has no right to deny them the means to protect themselves. it was a defining moment in the nra. the debate would morph to the lawful ability to carry a weapon. a dynamic civil rights leader who cass a prominent position with core.
vigilante was arrested. i thought not you, bernard. the electronics technician was placed in custody on rikers island. the jail was inundated with calls from citizens offering support and money. americans were fed up. so to some extent bernie gets benefited from the feeling that crime was not being adequately addressed by government. it s time someone stands up for themselves. the guardian angels whose members had been in the trenches lent goetz their support. it wasn t see so, say something. that was too passive for us. we would conduct physical interventions. but we western countering the gangs. we stood up to them as an
supported goetz. he lost two sons to street violence. he wasn t afraid to take a hard stance, sometimes against black leaders. my father said he wasn t worried about bernie goetz shooting at his son. he s worried about young men in poor communities who are wayward and falling off the path. he said when it came to using leaving the house, it would be short of a miracle forgets to do something. together with the nra. he helped the subway gunman raise funds for his let defense. n if indicted the goetz steam said they would team said they would use the argument of
communicate. he was willing to testify, waiving immunity. he is going to take the bernard goetz case back to another grand jury. we stated the arraignment. there was a basis for indicting him for attempted murder. since the grand jury failed to indict we have been look for ways to resubmit the case. he was the u.s. attorney for the southern district before he was the long-time district attorney. i think he did something wrong, that was resubmit the case to the grand jury of when he didn t like the result of the first grand jury. the mayor and the district attorney were returning for third terms. goetz attorney accused the d.a.