Francis X. Gallagher Jr., a former lawyer and partner in Venable LLP who later became an investment banker and a co-founder of Charlesmead Advisors, died Aug. 11 at his Mount Vernon neighborhood home. He was 62.
LAWRENCE - A settlement for another sexual abuse victim of the late Father John J. Gallagher, who was assigned to St. Mary s Church in Lawrence in the 1970s, was recently
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I understand that, for many New Yorkers, the idea of carrying around a gun for self-defense sounds utterly bizarre, especially since the state has made it so difficult for the average citizen to do so. Still, an argument by the editors of the Long Island paper
Newsday is off target in arguing that the “culture shock” that would come with a Supreme Court opinion striking down the state’s “may-issue” licensing laws for carry permits.
Tough restrictions on the ability of New Yorkers to legally carry guns in public have been embedded in local habit and practice for more than a century. Through periods of high and low crime rates, local elected officials knew they had consensus support when speaking of “getting guns off the streets” and “taking guns out of the hands of criminals.”