New York City Council Member Inna Vernikov arrested for bringing gun to pro-Palestinian rally at Bro

[Polybius]

Source: CBS

New York City Council Member Inna Vernikov arrested for bringing gun to pro-Palestinian rally at Brooklyn College

NEW YORK -- New York City Council Member Inna Vernikov surrendered to police after she was photographed with a gun at a rally in support of Palestinians in Brooklyn.

Vernikov, a licensed gun owner, attended the rally Thursday on the grounds outside Brooklyn College.

The NYPD said Vernikov was seen on video with a gun in her waistband during the rally.

Though Vernikov has a license to carry a gun, the NYPD said it was illegal for to bring it on school grounds

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-york-city-council-member-inna-vernikov-arrested-for-bringing-gun-to-pro-palestinian-rally-at-brooklyn-college/ar-AA1iatjA

[obamanut2012]

1. She is a piece of work -- was a Dem, then flipped to GOP and became huge MAGA

Calls Democrats Communists like she experienced in Russia.

[IronLionZion]

7. Yep, she flipped to R in 2020. The dumbest year to become Republican

[JohnSJ]

2. Idiot. Actually there should be legislation to ban all weapons at political rallies, but not doubt

the repukes would oppose that

[T_A]

3. As Was Pointed-Out In My Earlier Post

it's a Class E felony.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218360837

[4lbs]

4. Is this enough to get her license revoked? Maybe, maybe not.

Not sure what laws are like in NY.

Anyone know?

[T_A]

5. She Already Lost It

[4lbs]

6. Nice! Thank you for the info.

Now, will she intentionally violate it, feigning ignorance?

[Polybius]

11. "Not sure what laws are like in NY"

Incredibly strict. I can't get a carry permit here in NYC, and I'm a model citizen with no arrest record.

[tornado34jh]

8. Obviously no guns on school property unless authorized by law.

Sounds like this person didn't get the memo. It's funny she claims that Democrats are communists. She probably doesn't even support Ukraine.

As a side note, that surname is very unusual. Typically in Eastern Slavic names, the ending of the family name/surname is different between men and women. For women, usually it would end in something like -ova, -eva/-yeva, -ivna, depending on language. So in this case, typically it would be named Vernikova. Maybe this is the exception, although certain surnames don't change forms between masculine and feminine form, particularly in Ukrainian.

[IronLionZion]

9. She's a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant

Maybe the a got dropped on paperwork along the way like a typo.

[tornado34jh]

10. I guess, but most Ukrainian names have specific endings

Usually it will end in something like -enko, -chuk, -yuk, or something like that, especially the first one. However, in other forms, e.g. Ivanovych, the ending would be different between men and women, For example Zelenska is the feminine form of Zelenskyi. Now it could be possible that her father was Russian, as typically Russian names end in -ov. Of course, during Soviet times in Ukraine, they used Russian surnames for a lot of people.