The New York City Council’s Ethics Committee on Tuesday blasted Councilwoman Inna Vernikov for bringing a gun to a peaceful protest in 2023 — but voted not to formally take the matter further.

Committee Chairwoman Sandra Ung slammed Vernikov in a statement read into the record, saying the Republican Council member displayed a “brazen disregard” for her fellow New Yorkers and public safety by bringing her firearm to the pro-Palestinian protest.

“It is incumbent upon me to speak on behalf and express the majority’s deep disappointment with Council member Vernikov’s conduct,” Ung said, also criticizing Vernikov for not offering a public apology.

Last week, sources with direct knowledge of the matter indicated to the Daily News that the committee was looking to advance a formal censure motion of Vernikov to the full Council, which would then have voted on it in a more severe form of rebuke. However, the Ethics Committee shut down that possibility with Tuesday’s vote.

Vernikov, who represents several southern Brooklyn neighborhoods, was arrested and criminally charged hours after bringing her firearm to the 2023 Brooklyn College rally — five days after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel — which she was counterprotesting. However, the charges against her were later dropped after police found the weapon was missing a piece, making it inoperable.

Diana Ayala, the City Council’s deputy speaker, told the Daily News after Tuesday’s hearing that the committee ultimately opted for this move in order to avoid the matter potentially dragging into next year.

“To me, the most insulting part of all of this is the resistance to issue a simple apology and say, ‘I should not have walked into that space with a gun’ … I find it appalling,” Ayala said during the meeting.

Vernikov, for her part, was unapologetic.

“Carrying a weapon into public assembly, especially an assembly which consists of masked supporters of ‘Globalize the Intifada,’ is not only appropriate, but is necessary,” Vernikov said in response to the committee’s condemnation, adding that she encourages more New Yorkers to use their Second Amendment rights when Zohran Mamdani is mayor.

“As Speaker [Adrienne] Adams previously stated, it is unacceptable for a civilian to ever bring a firearm to a rally or protest, and it is important for elected officials to model the behavior we expect of New Yorkers,” Council spokeswoman Julia Agos said in a statement.

Staten Island Councilman David Carr, the ethics panel’s only Republican, came to Vernikov’s defense, saying there was “no evidence” to suggest she meant to threaten or cause concern by intentionally toting the gun.

He also slammed the 2022 state law designating many public places, such as protest areas and school grounds, as “sensitive locations” where wielding firearms is illegal.

“I believe restrictions like this that we have here in New York may not endure judicial scrutiny,” Carr said.