NYC considers permits for public photography

The story is a little more complicated than simple "public photography." The proposal states, "any group of two or more people who want to use a camera in a single public location for more than a half hour to get a city permit and insurance." The city quibbles, saying that it wouldn't really apply to amateurs or vacationers, but that's bullshit.

I'm making a broad generalization, but this could be considered unconstitutional. Even if it didn't apply to amateurs or tourists, it would severely restrict anyone who takes a photo in the circumstance of an event, oh for instance... taking a photo of a cop beating a protester. Yes, that's just one person taking a photo, but the law will be bent if it goes on the books.

It would be yet another law edging us slowly towards a totalitarian state.