#Man charged with shooting at NYC bus, injuring 2

#Man charged with shooting at NYC bus, injuring 2

“#Man charged with shooting at NYC bus, injuring 2” A 43-year-old man was charged Friday with shooting into an MTA bus in Queens, wounding two passengers, prosecutors said. Melvin Adams, of The Bronx, faces a slew of assault and weapons charges, as well as reckless endangerment in the first degree, according to the Queens District…

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#The US rifle loved by cartels, feared by Mexican police

#The US rifle loved by cartels, feared by Mexican police

“#The US rifle loved by cartels, feared by Mexican police” MEXICO CITY, Aug 6 – The flow of high-caliber arms smuggled across the porous US border has alarmed Mexican officials and few weapons are as powerful as the US-made M82 semi-automatic rifle increasingly favored by the powerful drug cartels. The M82 can easily penetrate bulletproof vests, concrete walls and even tanks, says its…

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#Flight evacuated after teen messages photos of toy gun

#Flight evacuated after teen messages photos of toy gun

“#Flight evacuated after teen messages photos of toy gun” What an airhead. A US flight was forced to deplane after a teenager messaged passengers pictures of a toy gun while on the runway. The plane was “delayed due to a security issue involving a customer on board,” a United Airlines spokesperson told The Independent of…

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#Progressives’ upside-down view of NYC crime

#Progressives’ upside-down view of NYC crime

“#Progressives’ upside-down view of NYC crime” It’s an article of faith among New York City’s progressive leadership that punishment does not deter crime and that putting criminals in jail is at least as evil as whatever they did to get there. From this perspective, sending someone to jail is the worst thing that society can…

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#Letters to the Editor — July 16, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 16, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 16, 2021” The Issue: President Biden’s invitation to Eric Adams to discuss rising crime in big cities at the White House. Actions always speak louder than words, and that certainly was the case when President Biden invited Eric Adams to Washington to address the escalating crime wave destroying our…

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#Letters to the Editor — July 15, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 15, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 15, 2021” The Issue: A 13-year-old alleged gang member who was killed in a drive-by shooting in The Bronx. It’s a sad shame that young black teens, especially a 13-year-old, are killed in gang violence so ruthlessly and without a thought (“Boy ‘Gangster’ Slain,” July 14). These teens should…

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#Hard times as NYC soft on crime, doomed by reforms

#Hard times as NYC soft on crime, doomed by reforms

“#Hard times as NYC soft on crime, doomed by reforms” It’s beginning to look like ­going soft on crime — especially juvenile crime — wasn’t such a hot idea. Is it time to reform New York’s “reforms”?  Obviously, it is.  And a reasonable place to begin is with those concerning children who bear adult arms…

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