NYPD: Majority Of Guns Used In City Crimes Are From Other States

[hrmjustin]

NY1News

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced in City Hall today that new data shows that 90 percent of guns used to commit crimes in New York City in 2011 came from outside of the state.

The states that were the top 10 sources for the illegal guns are, in alphabetical order, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

This is an increase from 2009, when 85 percent of guns used in city crimes came from outside New York State.

The NYPD reports that rates of gun violence and murder are lower in the city, but the Bloomberg administration is still very concerned about the prevalence of out-of-state guns used in local crimes.

Read more at http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/186412/nypd--majority-of-guns-used-in-city-crimes-are-from-other-states

[AnotherMcIntosh]

1. 90%? Not 92.16%? Or 64.32%? If Bloomberg's justification for his illegal stop-and-frisks are based

on bogus statistics, why should we believe him on this?

[Hoyt]

2. Because it's clear a lot of guns come from other states. Who cares if it's 90, 60, 75?

It's a lot, and most are from red states where bigots and gun nuts run legislatures.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

3. Bloomberg does.

[hrmjustin]

5. I am not a fan of bloomberg but he is right on this.

[hrmjustin]

4. As a resident I believe the numbers.