Posted on 04/04/2026 7:14:08 AM PDT by Libloather
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing criticism from local politicians and onlookers on social media over comments he made that critics say places blame on guns rather than criminals in an incident involving the shooting death of a 7-month-old child in Brooklyn.
"This is not our first family to know this pain," Mamdani said in response to a 7-month-old baby girl, Kaori Patterson-Moore, who was killed by a stray bullet on Wednesday afternoon when a gunman on a moped opened fire on a Brooklyn street in a suspected gang-related incident.
"Too many children have never grown up into becoming adults. To parents who’ve had to bury those they love most. We cannot accept it as normal in our city. We cannot grow numb to this pain, and today is a devastating reminder of just how much more work there is to be done… to combat gun violence across the city."
The clip, along with other comments by Mamdani, have sparked criticism from local politicians, experts and onlookers who say the mayor is blaming guns instead of criminals and implementing policies that embolden those criminals.
"Literally anything but blaming the criminals who our system releases onto our streets repeatedly, over and over again, with no consequences," NYC Republican Councilwoman Vickie Paladino posted on X. "Absolute disgrace."
"If only New York had strict gun laws," Power the Future Executive Director and New York City native Daniel Turner posted on X.
Manhattan Institute fellow Rafael A. Mangual told Fox News Digital that Mamdani’s "references to the means by which this heinous crime was committed suggests that he is uncomfortable with acknowledging that the murder of Kaori Patterson-Moore was committed by two evil thugs whose callous disregard for the value of human life should disqualify them from ever experiencing freedom."
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He pissss off Americans on purpose. This doesn’t bother him. His muzzie constituents applaude this. It’s all about Islam
“Too many children have never grown up into becoming adults.”
That’s true, and most of them are alive.
In short, Mamdamni realizes that in all likelihood, he will either be shot or blown up by his community equivalent of Trotsky-ites.
Alahwahoo Whackbar !
Will President Donald Trump rescue him?
Buahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
What did they think they were going to get when they elected a Muzzie goatherder.
or deported back to Kampala, Uganda
Mamdani (and other Democrats) want much more than taking your guns; they want complete totalitarian control.
As the totally disarmed general population in Iran is helpless,, it is critical to the radical left to completely disarm our country too.
"Zohran Mamdani holds a strongly restrictive stance on the Second Amendment, he has publicly stated, 'We need to ban all guns' His policy record includes handgun permit applicants to submit their social media history for evaluation."
It’s the “warmth of socialism with a bug smile” and requires a completely disarmed population for the radical left’s desire for totalitarianism control!
Ain’t Free Candy wonderful.
I have no desire to visit New York under this leadership. I can find better places to spend my vacation dollars!
In the near future, after another victim dies at the hands of criminals in New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani will just look at the camera, shrug, and say “It is the will of Allah.”
bttt
Iran as well which has some of thes strictest guns laws going which was how the Mullahs were able to slaughter tens of thousands of protesting Iranians.
Absolute rock-solid, fact-proof, smug, brain dead ideology meets the real world. And it’s not pretty how it’s turning out
“That’s true, and most of them are alive.”
And working as politicians.
wy69
Regards,
“Mamdani’s ‘gun violence’ comments after killing of 7-month old baby spark outrage: ‘Absolute disgrace’”
Mamdani: ‘Absolute disgrace’
There, fixed it
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