Posted on 05/03/2007 12:15:23 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
MAYOR GIULIANI AND POLICE COMMISSIONER KERIK ANNOUNCE MORE THAN 3,000 GUNS TAKEN OFF NEW YORK CITY STREETS TO BE TURNED INTO SCRAP METAL
City Has Seized Almost 90,000 Guns Since 1994
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik today announced that more than 3,000 guns taken off New York City streets will soon be turned into scrap metal. The New York Police Department recovered the guns over the last several months through a number of channels and the total includes guns that were used in the commission of crimes. The guns will be transported to an undisclosed location, where they will be smelted and the metal recycled. NYPD personnel will monitor every aspect of the entire process, until every gun has been destroyed.
"The Police Department's dramatic success in reducing crime is due in large part to its corresponding success in removing guns from City streets," the Mayor said. "More than 90,000 guns have been seized since 1994, and shootings have plummeted more than 74 percent. The NYPD's gun seizure success is also reflected in the murder rate, which has plummeted 65 percent since 1994, and is down another 11 percent this year over last year. The NYPD has also ensured that thousands of guns can never be used to commit a crime by destroying them and putting the metal to good use. Now, another 3,000 guns have been taken out of circulation -- permanently."
Police Commissioner Kerik said, "The destruction of these firearms is a very tangible reminder of the intensive efforts undertaken by the NYPD and the City to remove guns from our streets. Every gun taken out of circulation is one less gun that can be used to shoot an innocent citizen, gun down a hero cop, or carelessly end up in the hands of a child."
Including the guns to be destroyed following today's announcement, more than 7,371 guns will have been smelted this year to date. In 2000, the Police Department sent 8,278 guns to be smelted and turned into scrap metal.
www.nyc.gov
Since 1994, violent crime rates have declined nationally, reaching the lowest level ever in 2005. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Rudy is trying to profit from what has been a national trend.
And no mention of confiscating guns in this one. Apparently, that claim was dreamed up later.
They attributed this 1996 decline in crime to great police work:
“Police attribute the steep crime declines to strategic changes in the police department s crime-fighting approach since Mayor Giuliani took office, including intensified enforcement of misdemeanors and other quality-of-life offenses, a highly focused attack on felony crime achieved through the CompStat process, and the impact of the anti-drug initiatives mounted in 1996.”
Archives of the Mayor’s Press Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: December 31, 1996
Release #691-96
Contact: Colleen Roche (212) 788-2958
NEW YORK CITY RINGS IN THE NEW YEAR WITH
THE LOWEST CRIME IN OVER A QUARTER CENTURY
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and Police Commissioner Howard Safir announced preliminary year-end crime statistics at a press conference in Times Square today, highlighting the most extraordinary three-year crime drop in New York City s modern history.
When the ball comes down in Times Square tonight it will be coming down in one of the safest cities in America, Mayor Giuliani said. We ve had three straight years of double- digit declines, and murders are down nearly 50 percent. And this comes as the result of the fine work of the New York City Police Department as well as the Department of Corrections, the courts, and prosecutors. Just as important, the contributions of the community to our success cannot be underestimated. We really have something to be proud of.
Our anti-drug initiatives in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx have helped achieve an unprecedented third year of steep declines in the major felonies, Commissioner Safir said. The NYPD s proactive, strategic approach to controlling crime and disorder has paid major dividends in safety and security in every precinct in the city.
The preliminary statistics through December 22nd show that crime — as measured by the seven major felonies — is down 15.7 percent in 1996 or 48,016 fewer crimes than in 1995. Since 1993, felony crime has fallen 38.9 percent or 163,428 fewer crimes. The total number of crime complaints in 1996 was lowest in 27 years.
Murder is down 16.6 percent in 1996 and 49.1 percent since 1993. There were 925 fewer murders in New York City in 1996 than in 1993. The preliminary murder total of 981 for 1996 marks the first time there were fewer than 1,000 murders in New York City since 1968 and the lowest murder total since 1967. Shooting incidents have fallen 21.7 percent in 1996 and 51.9 percent since 1993. There were 2,907 fewer shooting victims in 1996 than in 1993. Nineteen percent of murder victims were killed by strangers in 1996 compared with 37 percent in 1993.
Robbery is down 17.5 percent in 1996 and 42.6 percent since 1993. There were 35,793 fewer robberies in 1996 than in 1993.
Assault is down 14.0 percent in 1996 and 25.7 percent since 1993. There were 10,535 fewer assaults in 1996 than in 1993.
Burglary is down 18.3 percent in 1996 and 38.7 percent since 1993. There were 38,268 fewer burglaries in 1996 than in 1993.
Grand larceny is down 10.5 percent in 1996 and 31.7 percent since 1993. There were 26,597 fewer grand larcenies in 1996 than in 1993.
Auto theft is down 17.4 percent in 1996 and 46.8 percent since 1993. There were 51,259 fewer auto thefts in 1996 than in 1993.
Rape is down 4.4 percent in 1996 and 10.7 percent since 1993. There were 344 fewer rapes in 1996 than in 1993.
Police attribute the steep crime declines to strategic changes in the police department s crime-fighting approach since Mayor Giuliani took office, including intensified enforcement of misdemeanors and other quality-of-life offenses, a highly focused attack on felony crime achieved through the CompStat process, and the impact of the anti-drug initiatives mounted in 1996.
The NYPD s anti-drug initiatives are rooting out drug gangs and drug trafficking organizations in narcotics-ridden precincts in Lower Manhattan, Upper Manhattan, the central Bronx, and the ten precincts of Brooklyn North. Crime is down 21.9 percent in the Brooklyn North precincts and 15.9 percent in the other precincts where the initiatives are active.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/96/sp691-96.html
From "94" through "97", as the graph above shows, the entire nation benefited from double digit declines in violence and murders. This was during a general period of most States relaxing existing gun control laws. Rudy is simply a cheap opportunist.
(“Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of the citizens to bear arms.”)
John F. Kennedy April 1960,
(discussing the right of each citizen to keep and bear arms).
My, how far left this country has moved.
If we want to speed our downfall further we will elect Rudy.
. An armed populace makes for a polite society.
Rudy belongs no-where near the Whitehouse.
The shooter was a Palestinean who arrived in the US on Dec. 24, 1996. The day (Jan 30, 1997) he got his temporary resident card, he bought the gun. Two months after arriving in the US, he was killing people at the Empire State Bldg.
According to Rudy...it was the gun that was doing the killing.
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