Well the rest of this country just needs to catch up to NYC standards:
New York City mayor conducts gun-sale sting in Arizona | syracuse.com
Bloomberg has authorized similar sting operations around the country as part of a push for tougher federal laws to help keep guns off the streets of New York.
Besides the police will always protect you:
Police: All Empire State shooting victims were wounded by officers - CNN.com
Nine people injured in Friday's shooting near the Empire State Building were wounded by police gunfire, a New York police official says.