{"id":430620,"date":"2022-04-12T01:57:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T22:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/youth-violence-needs-more-than-a-federal-crackdown-on-ghost-guns\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T01:57:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T22:57:44","slug":"youth-violence-needs-more-than-a-federal-crackdown-on-ghost-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/youth-violence-needs-more-than-a-federal-crackdown-on-ghost-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"#Youth violence needs more than a federal crackdown on &#8216;ghost guns&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a3ed7549c8c5\" 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-6a3ed7549c8c5\" 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\/youth-violence-needs-more-than-a-federal-crackdown-on-ghost-guns\/#%E2%80%9CYouth_violence_needs_more_than_a_federal_crackdown_on_%E2%80%98ghost_guns%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Youth violence needs more than a federal crackdown on &#8216;ghost guns&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;Youth violence needs more than a federal crackdown on &#8216;ghost guns'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Liberal leaders such as President Biden have found a convenient scapegoat for kids killing kids in New York City: ghost guns.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Angellyh Yambo\u2019s killer allegedly used a gun put together with parts ordered off the Internet. But cracking down on those untraceable weapons means nothing if the people who use them don\u2019t face serious punishments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re all for the federal crackdown announced Monday. But guns, ghost or not, are only tools of violence: New York, and the nation, must get tougher on those who carry and use them. <\/p>\n<p>In this case, allegedly Jeremiah Ryan, 17.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Bronx teen, law enforcement sources told The Post, has been known to police for years, and posed with guns online since he was 12, aiding older gangbangers by carrying weapons \u201cbecause they knew he wouldn\u2019t be held accountable for his actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He <em>wasn\u2019t<\/em> held accountable, and now a girl who\u2019d just turned 16 is dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So Sen. Chuck Schumer<strong> <\/strong>can\u2019t just hold another Sunday press conference on a tangential issue, or President Joe Biden merely announce some executive actions, and be done with it. Nor can legislators in Albany get away with trivial toughening of New York\u2019s laws.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve-year-olds who turn to working as gophers for gangsters and end up as killers in their late teens didn\u2019t get that way because of ghost guns. They got that way because of widespread <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> dysfunction, exacerbated by laws that teach all the wrong lessons.\u00a0<\/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\/ghost-gun-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The ghost gun that was used to kill Yambo.\" class=\"wp-image-21863439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ghost-gun-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ghost-gun-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ghost-gun-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The ghost gun allegedly used to kill 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\/joe-biden-gun.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"President Biden holding up a ghost gun build kit at a press conference for executive actions to crackdown on the illegal firearms.\" class=\"wp-image-21863422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/joe-biden-gun.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/joe-biden-gun.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/joe-biden-gun.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Biden holding up a ghost gun build kit at a press conference for executive actions to crack down on the illegal firearms.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA\/JIM LO SCALZO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some of this is old. Poverty, family instability and a broken school system can leave kids growing without being taught right from wrong, let alone basic self-restraint.\u00a0By all means, let us address this with better social services, stronger schools, even \u201cviolence interrupters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But some of it is new \u2014 namely New York\u2019s disastrous criminal-justice \u201creforms.\u201d Under those laws, anyone under 18 caught carrying a loaded weapon is usually tried in Family Court, and even if found guilty winds up in a program, not prison \u2014 not even a juvenile prison. Even being tried as an adult, possession carries just a 3\u00bd-year minimum sentence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jeremiah-ryan-5-4.jpg?w=757\" alt=\"Jeremiah Ryan, who allegedly killed Yambo, was reportedly carrying guns for gangs since he was 12 years old.\" class=\"wp-image-21863453\" width=\"263\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jeremiah-ryan-5-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=523 526w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jeremiah-ryan-5-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=392 394w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jeremiah-ryan-5-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=263 263w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jeremiah-ryan-5-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=131 131w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jeremiah-ryan-5-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\"\/><figcaption>Jeremiah Ryan, who allegedly killed Yambo, was reportedly carrying guns for gangs since he was 12 years old.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>And the lame concessions Gov. Kathy Hochul won in her budget don\u2019t fundamentally change that. Heck, there\u2019s still a chance Ryan may still wind up being tried in Family Court. <\/p>\n<p>No: Offenders who pose a danger to the community \u2014 <em>including <\/em>kids who carry illegal guns, let alone those who fire them \u2014 need to know they\u2019ll do hard time if caught. Mercy might be <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate in <em>some<\/em> cases, but it can\u2019t be the rule. <\/p>\n<p>Juveniles must face being taken off the street to a juvenile facility, to break the cycle of violence. And older suspects must face harsher penalties for carrying illegal guns. Biden\u2019s crackdown only has bite if the people carrying these guns are sent away for five years, adult in prison or kid in juvie, no parole. For carrying in commission of a crime, 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Finding excuses for teens toting weapons, looking for ways to forgive them and ignore them, only will make this worse. And it will only mean a lot more deaths like Angellyh\u2019s.\n                        <\/p><\/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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