Top cop: Gun bill is ‘insane’

Police Commissioner James O’Neill said it would be “insanity” for the feds to force one state to recognize another’s lax gun laws.

A bill making its way through Congress would make gun possession akin to a driver’s license — so one state’s looser regulations against concealed weapons would be protected in tougher anti-gun states, like New York.

“I think it’s insanity,” O’Neill told CBS’s “60 Minutes” in an interview aired Sunday night.

O’Neill said accidents and suicides — in addition to crime — could skyrocket with more out-ofstate guns around town.

“Right now, we have a good idea of who’s carrying guns. If this law passes, all bets are off,” he said. “Anybody can come into New York City from any state and carry a weapon.”

Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. agreed.

“I think it would be a disaster for New York City and, I think, for major cities around the country,” he said. “You bring that kind of volume of firepower, even with well-intentioned people, it’s gonna be extremely dangerous.”

Vance said New York should be able to decide its own gun policy.

“I wouldn’t presume to tell the residents of West Virginia what their gun laws should be. They’ve figured out what they want there,” the DA said.

“But I don’t think they, or Congress, should be having West Virginia’s laws put on New York City.”