President Biden joined Mayor Adams for a joint federal. state and metropolis Gun Violence Methods assembly at NYPD Headquarters.
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The Challenge: President Biden’s speech about combatting gun violence and crime in New York Metropolis.
I'm a retired NYPD sergeant. President Biden’s “plan” will do nothing to cease or gradual this lethal crime wave as a result of it spectacularly fails to take care of the No. 1 explanation for crime — the harmful criminals (“Blah, blah, blah,” Feb. 4).
Change “no bail” madness and “Elevate the Age” craziness, maintain DAs accountable for doing their job and empower police once more to have the ability to use justified drive to truly cease the dangerous guys from committing these heinous acts — and watch crime plummet quick and New York return to a spot of security.
Sadly, that may contain truly punishing criminals and holding them accountable.
Jason Auerbach
Staten Island
Why is it the president’s duty to unravel the town’s crime points?
The rise in crime is attributable to the previous mayor, Invoice de Blasio, who loathed the police, in addition to to the state Legislature, which modified bail and incarceration legal guidelines and now to an ultra-liberal Manhattan district legal professional.
It’s lower than Biden to clear up the crime scenario, however no matter he can do to help Mayor Adams will likely be a plus.
Hank DePerro
Manhattan
Let’s begin on a constructive word: No less than now the president (not like many in his social gathering) admits there’s an issue of violent crime in our cities.
Aside from that, his speech was principally simply political yada-yada nonsense about gun violence.
There’s much more to violent crime. Weapons don’t push folks onto subway tracks or punch folks or stab them.
The core of the issue: Kids aren’t born violent criminals. The mother and father and the house atmosphere are a very powerful think about figuring out how a toddler will end up. Second is schooling, which additionally ought to begin at dwelling.
If all those that convey a human life into this world can be accountable and educate their kids about love and respect for others, this may go a protracted option to fixing the crime drawback.
Then it’s as much as the district attorneys to implement our legal guidelines and preserve these violent criminals off the streets.
Raymond Klett
Warwick
Biden’s speech provided little hope to New Yorkers. He made positive to not say something which may offend the woke crowd that has infested his social gathering, and he stated nothing about taking the outlaws off the streets.
Biden has performed a big half within the crime epidemic. For the previous two summers with violence raging by way of the streets, Biden saved his head within the floor.
His accusations that the police have been part of systemic racism emboldened the legal component and led to assaults on the police.
His open-door coverage on the border has allowed medicine, arms and violent felons into the nation.
Throughout his quick time in workplace, Biden has proven little concern for many who serve. He has deserted the police simply as he deserted the navy in Afghanistan.
And when it's time to vote, all police, their households and buddies throughout America have to unite and vote for many who stand for regulation and order.
Nicholas Maffei
Yonkers
The president got here to city to debate gun violence, and as common Sen. Chuck Schumer makes use of a scenario to cry for extra money.
Eliminating weapons gained’t assist the people who find themselves being pushed in entrance of trains. It wouldn’t have helped the lady who was stabbed within the chest at a housing challenge. And it wouldn’t assist any of the people who find themselves punched, slashed or robbed on the subway.
It’s simply one other approach for the Democrats to deflect from coping with the true points and attempt to push their very own agendas.
Rob Cerone
Manhattan
As soon as once more, Biden and the Democrats blame the inanimate object for the plague of gun violence, reasonably than these committing the acts.
They completely ignore the disenfranchised human being who went out of their option to procure a gun, load it, carry it, level it and shoot it.
Brian Sullivan
Rockaway Seashore
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