{"id":455499,"date":"2022-05-31T01:16:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T22:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/regulate-assault-rifles-like-machine-guns-says-ex-nypd-commish-safir\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T01:16:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T22:16:26","slug":"regulate-assault-rifles-like-machine-guns-says-ex-nypd-commish-safir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/regulate-assault-rifles-like-machine-guns-says-ex-nypd-commish-safir\/","title":{"rendered":"#Regulate assault rifles like machine guns, says ex NYPD Commish Safir"},"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-6a3eaeadbb60c\" 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-6a3eaeadbb60c\" 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\/regulate-assault-rifles-like-machine-guns-says-ex-nypd-commish-safir\/#%E2%80%9CRegulate_assault_rifles_like_machine_guns_says_ex_NYPD_Commish_Safir%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Regulate assault rifles like machine guns, says ex NYPD Commish Safir&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRegulate_assault_rifles_like_machine_guns_says_ex_NYPD_Commish_Safir%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Regulate assault rifles like machine guns, says ex NYPD Commish Safir&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/cindy-adams.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Cindy Adams\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/cindy-adams.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/cindy-adams.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Howard Safir, NYC\u2019s Police Commissioner 1996 to 2000: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUvalde\u2019s Salvador Ramos put $2,000 down, filled a voluntary form and got two legally purchased assault weapons plus 375 rounds of ammunition. That\u2019s crazy. Mass school shootings since Columbine are mainly by 18 or younger males \u2014 with legally bought weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFederal firearms statute allows citizens to own machine guns. For this special license individuals must submit two photos, be fingerprinted, pay a $200 tax and have a local law enforcement agency certify they can own it.<em>\u00a0[These machine guns also must\u2019ve been made before 1986.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBroken windows, jumping turnstiles, aggressive panhandling, small crime squeegee guys pretell one\u2019s possibility to commit a larger crime. Many carried guns. My guys even arrested those who jumped subway turnstiles. No summons. Took them in, put them in our files, fingerprinted, photographed them, gave desk <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>earance tickets. We knew who they were.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe deployed plainclothes units in high crime areas. Sent messages that if you commit a crime you\u2019ll get taken in. Used computerized statistics to confirm sending resources to high crime areas. Our specially trained street crime unit did the stop, frisk, search and ask questions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-373.jpg?w=231\" alt=\"Howard Safir was New York City's Police Commissioner from 1996 to 2000.\" class=\"wp-image-22466389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-373.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-373.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=347 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-373.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-373.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=116 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-373.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption>Howard Safir was New York City\u2019s Police Commissioner from 1996 to 2000.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about criminals. There\u2019s more guns here than people. Now \u2014 no bail, no jail. We did assertive policing. Seeking out criminals prevents crime. An atmosphere where criminals are afraid of police \u2014 not the public. In my time they weren\u2019t carrying guns in the street to shoot innocent people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not running out of jails. We\u2019re running out of district attorneys who\u2019ll put bad people in jails. It\u2019s catch and release. When I was commissioner, Rikers\u2019 population was 17,000. It\u2019s now like 5,000. We had Mayor\u00a0Rudy Giuliani\u00a0and great DA Robert Morgenthau. Took us years to get things right in New York \u2014 then\u00a0de Blasio\u00a0comes and ruins it. It\u2019s the atmosphere. Bad guys aren\u2019t prosecuted.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssault weapons \u2014 being semi-automatic \u2014 no special license is required. Why not reclassify them with the same requirements as machine guns? Not a ban \u2014 just a responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Firearms Act says citizens can own a machine gun. But law says you must get fingerprinted, photographed, vetted by a police organization and pay a $200 tax. Why not assign assault weapons to that same category? They\u2019re not because they\u2019re semi-automatic instead of full automatic like machine guns \u2014 but just as dangerous.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\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-safir-guns-375.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ramos legally purchased the gun he used in the massacre shortly after his 18th birthday.\" class=\"wp-image-22466393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-375.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-375.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-375.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ramos legally purchased the gun he used in the massacre shortly after his 18th birthday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">salv8dor_\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-376.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Ramos was killed by police after the shooting on May 24.\" class=\"wp-image-22466399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-376.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-376.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-376.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/adams-safir-guns-376.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Ramos was killed by police after the shooting on May 24.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>\/AFP via Getty Image<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe NRA will oppose this or anything that requires gun owners to be responsible for their actions. But it is time for politicians to regulate a weapon that \u2014 with no legitimate sporting purpose \u2014 is designed only to kill people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the midterms turn around \u2014 who controls Congress \u2014 we could see a turn to the center, to the right, and law and order people elected again. This commissioner doesn\u2019t have the resources \u2014 nor the absolute backing of the new mayor \u2014 so it\u2019s not going to happen.\u201d\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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