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 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order declaring gun violence a “Disaster Emergency” on Tuesday.

“Gun violence is a public health crisis, and we must treat it like one,” he announced on Twitter. “This declaration will allow us to give this crisis the full attention & resources it deserves.”

In a press conference, Cuomo said that 51 people died over the Fourth of July weekend from gun violence, versus coronavirus deaths, which only accounted for 13.

“We went from one epidemic to another epidemic. We went from COVID to the epidemic of gun violence. And the fear and the death that goes along with it,” Cuomo said. “When you look at the recent numbers, more people are dying of gun violence than of COVID … we’re losing young people.”

He stated that he would be creating an Office of Gun Violence Prevention within the Department of Health, and the first-of-its-kind order would put $138.7 million toward prevention, intervention, and employment programs for at-risk youth.

The order will also create a “gun trafficking interdiction unit” within the New York State Police, and require law enforcement agencies to share data of incidents to create a comprehensive list of gun violence “hot spots.”  

GOP Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt accused Cuomo of “political grandstanding,” and said the crisis is directly related to state Democrat-led criminal justice reforms.   

“Days after finally relinquishing his emergency powers, the governor has declared another emergency,” Ortt remarked. “The crisis in cities across our state today directly correlates with the passage of the disastrous bail and other criminal justice ‘reforms,’ an out-of-control parole board that has released countless murderers and other dangerous criminals, and calls by Democrats to defund our police.”

New York City has suffered a surge in criminal activity in the first half of 2021, with shootings skyrocketing up 38% compared to the same time last year. But Cuomo doesn’t blame the rise in crime on the city’s anti-police sentiment, he’s putting it on gun manufacturers.  

After his proclamation, Cuomo signed two bills targeting firearm sales and the manufacturers.  The new legislation will allow individuals to sue gun manufacturers for creating a product that is considered a public nuisance, “even if the gun manufacturer did not purposely cause harm to the public.” The second bill will close a loophole that allows people with outstanding warrants to purchase guns.   

“Of all the challenges we face every day in New York, few are as difficult to bear as the scourge of gun violence plaguing our communities,” Cuomo said in a press release. “The only industry in the United States of America immune from lawsuits are the gun manufacturers, but we will not stand for that any longer.” 

“I am not only signing a new law that does away with this immunity, giving New York the ability to hold them accountable, but also closing the destructive Trump loophole which has allowed people with active warrants to purchase guns for far too long,” he continued. “Now, if you have an active warrant, you cannot buy a gun in the State of New York, period.”




Comments

  1. There is no “gun problem”! There is a crime problem, caused by extremely poor leadership, starting with Cuomo. Get him out of office, allow the police to perform their duties, and the crime problem will disappear.

  2. Do you think that Cuomo really believes his last statement . If you have an active warrant out for you , you won’t be able to buy a gun in NY state . Sounds like more gun control gibberish , since when do criminals buy their guns legally ? Stop the criminals and you will end the gun violence . Stop putting the crooks back on the streets . Put some teeth back into the police department .

  3. The CATHOLIC “C” traitors that call themselves R do not like Roe v Wade.
    the CATHOLIC “C” traitors that call themselves D do not like guns.
    NO CATHOLIC “C” likes the Constitution.
    Vote for ANY CATHOLIC “C” and the borders will never be secured.
    Vote for ANY CATHOLIC “C” and the failure will be upon us.
    For proof, look south of the USA, A hundred nations, a thousand years and
    not one success in the entire lot.

    1. CATHOLIC traitor do the negative and never have a rebuttal other than the standard sidesteps. A thousand years of dogma and ignorance is standard. Cuomo, Pelosi, Biden, the list goes on. Vote for ANY CATHOLIC and you vote for ignorance and failure.

  4. Goebbels (CATHOLIC) 101–Utilize the media to repeat headlines over and over to the masses until the propaganda becomes embedded. People who voice opposition should be publicly exposed, and shunned. Make clear that violence that supports your ideas is welcomed, and violence of opposition will not be tolerated. Use celebrities and entertainment to indoctrinate the youth early, and appeal to those who do not follow the media and their manufactured headlines. Goebbels was CATHOLIC. Vote for ANY CATHOLIC and you destroy the mind of the young.

  5. .Hitler was a CATHOLIC ‘C’ and look at what he did for Germany. No CATHOLIC “C” nation allows ‘citizens’ to have guns! Look south of the USA, only ‘criminals’ have guns. “Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.” Mahatma Gandhi……. Never forget that Stalin banned guns in 1929, then turned around and murdered over 20 million of his own people once they were defenseless! Hitler (CATHOLIC) banned guns in 1938, then murdered 13 million people afterwards … And Mao Tse Tung banned guns in China, then murdered 40 million helpless citizens. Vote for ANY “C” and look south to see what the USA will become. Failure forever is the thing that Catholics pass on.

  6. Cuomo, drop dead you piece of shit. You and dick head Deblasio are totally at fault for the death in the streets of New York as you, ( Governor Andrew Cuomo), are totally responsible for the elderly nursing home murders. You intentionally murdered more than 16,000 New York State grandmas and grandpas.

  7. Gun violence? No Cuomo violence! This guy has been a failure for NYC and NYS since he stepped into his office. He lets criminals go and do what ever they want. He supports defunding the police, doesn’t allow them to do their jobs. Then, blames it on guns!
    Guns don’t load themselves and go out and kill people! People kill people!
    This is another attempt to take the 2nd Amendment away. Cuomo is a tyrannical dictator and needs to be removed from office!

  8. Cuomo is CATHOLIC….CATHOLICS that call themselves d’ do not like guns…….. CATHOLICS are NOT Americans, they are CATHOLICS…….Vote for ANY CATHOLIC and you vote for a traitor and failure forever.

    • Pelosi (Catholic traitor) says that there are more than 60 million ILLEGAL ALIEN CATHOLIC “C” INVADERS in the USA.. Vote for ANY CATHOLIC “C” and you vote for proven failure of a thousand years. The reason to deny AMERICANS from having guns is because they will defend the USA.
  9. Add more police and give the ability to arrest anyone they catch breaking the law and have the DA KEEP them in jail with NO BAIL, and melt down or disable their weapons. This might help some, and implement these ideas in every blue city that has the same problems, ESPECIALLY Chicago.

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