According to Firearm Chronicles
It was another violent weekend in New York City, with at least five people killed and more than 40 wounded in dozens of shootings across the five boroughs. So far this year there’ve been nearly 900 shootings in the city, an increase of about 100% over last year, and on Sunday evening President Donald Trump insinuated that he may be sending more federal law enforcement to the city.
Some New York lawmakers, however, seem to have a different strategy in mind. Rather than go after the city’s violent criminals, they want to go after firearm manufacturers as well. State Senator Zellnor Myrie (D-Brooklyn), says he’s introducing legislation today that would change the state’s criminal nuisance law to include the sale and manufacture of firearms.
With shootings up more than 75% in the city so far this year, Myrie said there are several actions lawmakers can take to stem the violence including increasing economic opportunity, funding schools and providing more resources for organizations with track records of preventing violence.
But he believes that attacking the root of the problem will go a long way to ending gun violence altogether.
“In the wake of a gun violence epidemic plaguing the city, state, and nation, we have a duty to hold all responsible parties accountable,” he said. ”While communities of color have died disproportionately from gun violence and COVID-19 over the past five months, gun manufacturers have seen their stocks and profits soar. Something isn’t right with that equation.”