{"id":429670,"date":"2022-04-11T00:18:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T21:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/schumer-demands-fed-crackdown-on-ghost-guns-after-nyc-shooting\/"},"modified":"2022-04-11T00:18:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T21:18:12","slug":"schumer-demands-fed-crackdown-on-ghost-guns-after-nyc-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/schumer-demands-fed-crackdown-on-ghost-guns-after-nyc-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"#Schumer demands fed crackdown on ghost guns after NYC shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f2f26614da\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f2f26614da\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/schumer-demands-fed-crackdown-on-ghost-guns-after-nyc-shooting\/#%E2%80%9CSchumer_demands_fed_crackdown_on_ghost_guns_after_NYC_shooting%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Schumer demands fed crackdown on ghost guns after NYC shooting&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSchumer_demands_fed_crackdown_on_ghost_guns_after_NYC_shooting%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Schumer demands fed crackdown on ghost guns after NYC shooting&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday called for a federal crackdown on \u201cghost guns\u201d amid a staggering surge in seizures of the DIY weapons in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer (D-NY) lamented that the untraceable firearms that buyers assemble themselves have too often ended up in the wrong hands \u2014 such as those of the Bronx teen charged in a shooting Friday that left a 16-year-old girl dead and two others wounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese guns are too easy to build, too hard to trace, and too dangerous to be on our streets,\u201d Schumer told reporters in Manhattan. \u201cJust ask the family of that beautiful 16-year-old who was killed in the Bronx.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NYPD statistics show a 351% increase\u00a0in the number of ghost guns\u00a0recovered by police so far this year. At least 131 of the makeshift firearms were seized between Jan. 1 and Wednesday \u2014 compared to just 29 during the same period in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue of ghost guns is haunting all of New York,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the federal government to put in place rules that would classify \u201cpartially complete\u201d frames and receivers as firearms, which would subject them to gun regulations, including background checks and serial numbers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/KevinCDowns_shoot_170378.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer\" class=\"wp-image-21849561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/KevinCDowns_shoot_170378.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/KevinCDowns_shoot_170378.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/KevinCDowns_shoot_170378.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a federal crackdown on ghost guns as seizures have surged in New York City recently.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevin C. Downs for The New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/KevinCDowns_shoot_170489.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Schumer held up an example of a ghost gun for sale online.\" class=\"wp-image-21849563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/KevinCDowns_shoot_170489.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/KevinCDowns_shoot_170489.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/KevinCDowns_shoot_170489.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Schumer held up an example of a ghost gun for sale online.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevin C. Downs for The New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Online sellers of ghost gun parts and kits would also be required to register as licensed firearms dealers under the proposed rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is disgusting, dangerous and dastardly that anyone\u2014a felon, a child, anyone, can go online right now and buy these kits like candy and do real damage or cause serious harm,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cWe must unite behind the goal of stopping these ghost guns from proliferating like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schumer has previously called on the Biden administration\u00a0to close the ghost gun loophole.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/KevinCDowns_shoot_170470.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Schumer called ghost guns &quot;too easy to build, too hard to trace, and too dangerous to be allowed.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-21849567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/KevinCDowns_shoot_170470.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/KevinCDowns_shoot_170470.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/KevinCDowns_shoot_170470.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Schumer called ghost guns \u201ctoo easy to build, too hard to trace, and too dangerous to be allowed.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevin C. Downs for The New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police believe a ghost gun was used in the stray-bullet killing of Bronx teen Angellyh Yambo on Friday afternoon, according to police sources.<\/p>\n<p>The accused shooter, 17-year-old Jeremiah Ryan, was caught throwing a Polymer80 ghost gun outside of a Bronx apartment window before he was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese guns are too easy to build, too hard to trace, and too dangerous to be allowed,\u201d Schumer said Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jeremiah-ryan-ghost-gun-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The ghost gun police believe was used in the shooting of Angellyh Yambo.\" class=\"wp-image-21849569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jeremiah-ryan-ghost-gun-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jeremiah-ryan-ghost-gun-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jeremiah-ryan-ghost-gun-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The ghost gun police believe was used in the shooting of Angellyh Yambo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/angellyh-yambo-3-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Yambo, 16, was killed by a stray bullet in a shooting in the Bronx.\" class=\"wp-image-21849578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/angellyh-yambo-3-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/angellyh-yambo-3-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/angellyh-yambo-3-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Yambo, 16, was killed by a stray bullet in a shooting in the Bronx.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/newspress-collage-21848264-1649624120751.png?w=1024\" alt=\"Jeremiah Ryan, 17, is charged in the shooting that killed Yambo.\" class=\"wp-image-21849586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/newspress-collage-21848264-1649624120751.png?w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/newspress-collage-21848264-1649624120751.png 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/newspress-collage-21848264-1649624120751.png?w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jeremiah Ryan, 17, is charged in the shooting that killed Yambo.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance last year\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2021\/12\/11\/cities-sue-ghost-gun-manufacturers-over-untraceable-firearms\/8889367002\/?gnt-cfr=1\">labeled ghost guns<\/a>\u00a0\u201ca significant public safety threat in a way that they weren\u2019t even two years ago.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul in October signed legislation to crack down on ghost guns in New York, including making it illegal to possess an unfinished gun frame or receiver by anyone other than a licensed gunsmith or dealer.<\/p>\n<p>In February, ahead of\u00a0the president\u2019s visit to New York City, the Biden administration announced plans to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/02\/03\/president-biden-announces-more-actions-to-reduce-gun-crime-and-calls-on-congress-to-fund-community-policing-and-community-violence-intervention\/\">crack down on illegal ghost guns<\/a>\u00a0and firearms trafficking along the East Coast \u201ciron pipeline.\u201d\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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