{"id":445810,"date":"2022-05-12T03:24:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T00:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/eric-adams-makes-plea-for-nypd-demands-feds-do-more-on-ghost-guns\/"},"modified":"2022-05-12T03:24:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T00:24:32","slug":"eric-adams-makes-plea-for-nypd-demands-feds-do-more-on-ghost-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eric-adams-makes-plea-for-nypd-demands-feds-do-more-on-ghost-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"#Eric Adams makes plea for NYPD, demands feds do more on ghost guns"},"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-6a3cd15d4b2d0\" 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-6a3cd15d4b2d0\" 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\/eric-adams-makes-plea-for-nypd-demands-feds-do-more-on-ghost-guns\/#%E2%80%9CEric_Adams_makes_plea_for_NYPD_demands_feds_do_more_on_ghost_guns%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Eric Adams makes plea for NYPD, demands feds do more on ghost guns&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEric_Adams_makes_plea_for_NYPD_demands_feds_do_more_on_ghost_guns%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Eric Adams makes plea for NYPD, demands feds do more on ghost guns&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In an impassioned defense of the NYPD, Mayor Adams called for more help from the federal government, and New Yorkers themselves, to help crack down on what he called the city\u2019s latest crime scourge \u2013 ghost guns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I\u2019m in an alternate reality. We\u2019re probably the only civilized country that sends their troops into battle and we criticize them every day. That\u2019s what we do,\u201d a frustrated Adams told reporters Wednesday at the NYPD\u2019s headquarters in Lower Manhattan, referring to 131 firearms on the table in front of him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat father and son-in-law, future son-in-law, in spite of all that we say about them, they go out there again with the uncertainty of coming home. And all we do is criticize them! That\u2019s all we do. I don\u2019t hear any good stories about men and women who are protecting us from the bad people. No one is talking about that,\u201d Adams said of the rank and file cops.<\/p>\n<p>Adams also slammed the \u201cextreme left\u201d for failing to have the backs of officers and promoting the Defund the Police movement.\u00a0He didn\u2019t mention defund proponents like <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ist Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by name but in the past, he\u2019s blamed the city\u2019s soft-on-crime stance in part on his predecessor, left-leaning ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio.<\/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\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-799.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Eric Adams\" class=\"wp-image-22234629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-799.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-799.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-799.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Eric Adams is fed up with rising crime rates, the treatment of NYPD officers and ghost guns. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William Farrington<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had this battle before, but you know, we won it before because everyone was with us \u2013 we was operating as a team, we weren\u2019t solo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell and the Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, an anti-gun violence nonprofit, also sent a letter to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to yank the firearms license of Nevada-based company, Polymer80 \u2013 the nation\u2019s largest supplier of untraceable gun parts, according to ATF records.<\/p>\n<p>Sewell said Gotham\u2019s ability to temper gun violence is being thwarted by the growing proliferation of those DIY ghost guns on the Big <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>le\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NYPD [saw] the first ghost gun back in 2018 and in that year, the total number recovered was 17. In 2019, it was 50. By 2020, the the number was 150. And then in 2021 it was up to 275. And in just the first four months of 2022, our officers have already recovered 153 ghost guns, which represents a 314 percent increase from the same period a year ago,\u201d said Sewell.<\/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\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-802.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Guns\" class=\"wp-image-22234633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-802.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-802.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-802.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The NYPD has recovered 153 ghost guns this year. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William Farrington<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is obvious and the dangers to people of New York City are here. In response, the NYPD has stepped up our efforts to seize, investigate and build cases concerning these weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked by The Post to provide a number on how many of the city\u2019s shootings are linked to ghost guns, officials could not provide an answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, we must seize those guns but we must also hold the people accountable for purchasing and using them to harm the citizens of our city. And right now, because these guns are sold mainly online, the websites selling them can easily circumvent any regulation,\u201d Sewell said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came on the heels of yet another bloody night, after NYPD Officer Dennis Vargas, of the Bronx Borough public safety team, was shot in the arm late Tuesday night by a recidivist offender.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-801.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Sewell\" class=\"wp-image-22234630\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-801.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-801.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-801.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-801.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-801.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell discussing the rising threat posed by ghost guns and the easy access to criminals have to them.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William Farrington<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Around 10:45 p.m., Vargas, 32, and his partner gave chase to suspect Rameek Smith, 25, who began shooting at the officers \u2013 striking Vargas.<\/p>\n<p>The cops returned fire and shot Smith in the head. He later died at St. Barnabas Hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of shootings that we are responding to every night is despicable,\u201d Adams said at an early Wednesday press briefing from Lincoln Hospital, where Vargas was taken after the shooting and released hours later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took 2,600 guns off our streets. The shooters of those guns are back on the streets just like this person is,\u201d the mayor fumed.<\/p>\n<p>Smith also had a criminal history. He was arrested in March 2020 at a Coney Island subway station, allegedly in possession of a gun after being stopped for fare evasion and charged with criminal possession of a weapon, The Post previously reported. In 2016 he was convicted of robbery and given five years probation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But in Dec. 2021, he pleaded guilty in the gun case and was released until his sentencing, which has been delayed. He was due back in court in June.<\/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\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-804.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"NYPD\" class=\"wp-image-22234637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-804.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-804.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-ghost-guns-804.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Adams called out the \u201cextreme left\u201d for wanting to defund the police and not supporting their efforts to protect residents.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThen last night, while our brave police officers came upon this career criminal on the street and he used another illegal gun to shoot one of the officers,\u201d Sewell said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t stand for these types of dangerous and highly avoidable confrontations with repeat offenders who are given every leeway by the criminal justice system. We need to right these wrongs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams campaigned on cleaning up the city\u2019s violence and upon assuming office, reestablished the NYPD\u2019s plainclothes anti-gun unit, albeit with clearly marked jackets.<\/p>\n<p>He recently unveiled the department\u2019s summer violence reduction plan, with a roadmap to deploy more cops on night patrol.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD data released last week revealed that Big Apple gun violence dropped last month compared to April 2021 \u2014 but the number of shootings was still nearly double pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, and major crimes were up 34.2% overall.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor also said he talks to Sewell every morning and every Sunday to get updates on the NYPD\u2019s progress.\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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