PEOPLE WATCH

Can We Shoot?: Critics who say Joan Rivers shoots off her mouth too much might soon find her shooting off something else. New York Newsday reports that Rivers picked up a pistol permit at New York City police headquarters Friday and that she now has 30 days to buy a handgun, which she will be allowed to carry on the street. However, Rivers denied that she was at 1 Police Plaza to pick up the gun permit. She said she came to tour the department’s communications division, which handles 8 million 911 emergency calls a year. Rivers’ daughter, Melissa, writes for the television show “Rescue 911,” and she wanted to see the real thing to give her some ideas. Newsday said cops in the licensing division said otherwise.