nyc: In NYC, why is it illegal to carry a concealed gun but it is also illegal to carry a visible knife? It is legal to carry a fully visible gun (if you have a permit) but it is legal to carry a concealed knife. I just don't get it.|||The politics of NYC are complicated no doubt, but it really boils down to a mentality that the only reason that a person would need a gun is if they are a criminal or a cop. The idea of being self sufficient is foreign. Don't try to apply logic to gun laws because you will just get frustrated. But even with this it is possibly to change this with some lawsuits coming down the line. If you are interested in joining the NRA for a discounted price of $25 - go to http://www.discovershooting.net|||You know them rubix cubes? The one with the different colored sides that you twist into different combinations of colors? That's what happens to policy. It starts out with all the same colors on one side, and every policymaker down the line gets to twist it once, and the end result is called a law.|||because of dumb politicians.