New York City’s homicide rate is rising as fast as its sweltering temperatures.
There have been a staggering 16 murders in the past five days — including seven since Friday night. They have claimed a variety of victims, including children, clubgoers, a shopkeeper and a husband.
While murders are still on pace for a record low, at 193 so far this year, Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Queens) called the situation a “brewing cauldron of trouble.”
“People are legitimately alarmed for what the future holds,” Vallone, chairman of the council’s Public Safety Committee, said, noting the NYPD’s dwindling force.
There have been 672 shootings this year as of July 1, compared with 606 at the same day last year — a 10.9 percent spike.
Between noon Friday and noon yesterday, authorities responded to at least 18 shootings.
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Make it easier for law abiding citizens to own and carry guns, and I promise you the crime rate will drop. Criminals will think twice before committing violent crimes.
And this is after 101 years since the enactment of the Sullivan Law. The murderers must’ve not gotten the memo.
And they want to get rid of stop and frisk? Who knows how much higher these numbers would be. The nypd does a great job protecting our city and the poliicians are doing everything they can to hinder their efforts.
yo mr wassup no offense but this country already gives way to much leeway regarding weapons. if you just give out more freekiin weapons or be more careless the crime rate will go up much more. people wont hesitate to shoot one another.
Its all because people are drinking too much sugary soda. The soda is the problem.
——- Mike Bloomberg Mayor NYC
#4, You say “no offense”, but when you attack a fundamental human right I do take offense. This country doesn’t “give leeway” regarding weapons, any more than it “gives leeway” regarding free speech. It’s not giving anything; people’s rights existed before all countries, and governments are instituted among men to protect those rights, not to threaten them. A government that prevents people from owning arms is just as illegitimate as one that prevents people from speaking their mind. And the universal experience is that the easier access to guns gets, the lower crime goes.