Posted on 01/15/2006 5:43:38 AM PST by Pharmboy
Although homicides reported in New York City last year reached their lowest level since 1963, two killings of police officers late in the year raised public awareness of the problem of illegal guns on the city’s streets. In his inaugural address on Jan. 1, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg declared that a major goal of his second term would be to “rid our streets of guns, and punish all those who possess and traffic in these instruments of death.”
Although the total flow of guns into the city is hard to quantify, Police Department statistics show that a majority of illegal guns recovered in the city had last been sold outside New York State.
While the number of illegal guns recovered in the city has declined over the past four years, the number of shootings is little changed. There is also a strong correlation between where shootings occur and where guns are recovered.
Measuring success in taking guns off the street is more straightforward than measuring success in education, which was a main focus of Mr. Bloomberg’s first term. Over the next four years, the number of guns recovered and the number of shootings will establish clearly whether Mr. Bloomberg has succeeded.
William K. Rashbaum and Al Baker contributed reporting for the charts. Sources for charts: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; New York City Police Department.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Liberal thought processes or the lack thereof never cease to amaze me...
When certain authorities want to show a drop in crime, they simply re-classify certain acts or prosecute the offenders on misdemeanors charges rather than felony charges. Thus, this Bloomberg fool will no doubt classify any gun as "illegal" so as to show great success in "getting them off the street". In fact, nothing deters crime better than having the bad guys unsure about which citizens might be armed and shoot back. Criminals are like pigeons roosting on your house. You need to shoot a few and leave them laying around. The others then leave.
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The 75th precinct, which I believe is East New York in Brooklyn, seems to be the worst part of town. I'm sure crack cocaine has nothing to do with this.
Well, if that doesn't work, they figure they always have the double dog dare you illegal to ramp up to.../sarc
The problem of illegal guns is basically that they've made guns illegal.
Arm everyone, lockup or hang the bad guys. Its what the founders intended.
Undocumented, migrant guns!
"The problem of illegal guns is basically that they've made guns illegal."
yep, they just can't add 1 & ! up there. Guns are illegal in NYC and D.C., and those two places have the highest gun crime.
"only criminals will have guns."
The fact that this scenario exists in the US has to be the epitome of stupidity.
Liberals...
Cry about the constitutionality of wiretaps on terrorists yet they don't care when it is done to normal American conservatives. What hypocrits.
Despite a handful of unConstitutional laws, full-auto AR-15s are legal to own in many states of the Union.
If you were to take those maps and then superimpose maps of drug trafficking, I would imagine they would be nearly an exact match.
I see the restrictions coming at the state and local level, not the federal level. Any city with a RAT mayor and council will push for gun control.
All they have to do is use the laws that already exist. But, they'd rather ban the guns than the criminals...
Actually, it's pot.
Detective Patrick Caprice, who approached a suspect at a car stop in Brooklyn after he observed him purchasing marijuana, when the suspect suddenly began firing first from inside the vehicle, and then from outside. As Detective Caprice fell to the street, wounded to the abdomen, arm, and chest, the shooter reentered his car and began to flee. Detective Caprice managed to climb to one knee, steady his aim, and return fire, striking his assailant multiple times as he fled. The suspect later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
On June 14, Officer Chris Wiesneski, on scooter patrol outside of a Queens park encountered an armed individual smoking marijuana. As the officer approached with his gun drawn, the suspect engaged Officer Wiesneski in a struggle over the officer's gun. Despite being badly wounded to the knee when the gun discharged, Officer Wiesneski radioed for assistance, providing a detailed description and a direction of flight of the perpetrator. The suspect was subsequently arrested by detectives.
Is it really that bad?
Fewer crimes, more complaints in city's toughest precinct
"In the last year, under Operation Trident, the results in the 75th have been dramatic: 100 fewer cars were stolen compared to 2004, 125 fewer people were robbed, 91 fewer places were burglarized, and there were 75 fewer felony assaults.
"I think it's been a tremendous success," Kelly told reporters recently. "We've gotten very positive feedback from the community. The program has worked well for us."
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/nyc-prof0108,0,7329895.story?coll=nyc-homepage-mezzbox
Yo, Condorboy. If you look at the areas in Brooklyn with the highest rate of homicide on that map, they are largely populated with folks who speak English, albeit sometimes with a Caribbean accent.
It is better than it's been since the '60s...but anything to to pump up the antigunner crowd. Just don't confuse them with facts.
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