Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) attended the May 2, 2022, Met Gala in a tuxedo emblazoned with the words, “End Gun Violence.”
Adams’ attendance in a gun control tuxedo comes less than a month after an alleged attacker opened fire on the New York City (NYC) subway with a firearm he purchased “legally.”
ABC News noted that the attacker used a “Glock 9 mm semi-automatic handgun” which he “purchased legally in 2011 in Ohio.” And FOX News pointed out that the handgun was purchased “at a pawn shop in Columbus, Ohio.”
A purchase from a pawn shop is considered a retail purchase, and therefore requires a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check to be performed. (All this is implied when law enforcement says a gun was purchased “legally.”)
Mayor Adams initially responded to the NYC subway shooting by calling for more gun control in the form of a “ghost gun” ban. But such a ban would not in any way prohibit the legal purchase of a handgun from a pawn shop in Ohio.
Ironically, Mike Bloomberg-affiliated Everytown for Gun Safety ranks New York number three in the nation in its rankings for state-level gun control strength.
New York’s gun laws include everything the Democrats are pushing at the federal level: universal background checks, a “high capacity” magazine ban, an “assault weapons” ban, a permit requirement to buy a handgun, a red flag law, gun storage requirements, “ghost gun” regulations, and a prohibition against gun possession by felons, among other controls.
Gabby Giffords’ gun control group indicates that New York also requires owners of pre-ban “assault weapons” to register those firearms with the state government.
Bloomberg.com noted that shootings increased 16.2 percent in NYC in March 2022 alone.