Posted on 09/05/2011 11:49:20 AM PDT by jimbo123
Gunfire erupted today near the massive West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn -- not far from Mayor Bloomberg was marching -- as the entire city reeled from a epidemic of shootings over the past two days.
By noon today, a total of 39 people had been shot in the city since Saturday morning, authorities said. At just before noon, a gunman fired into the air several blocks away from the start of the West Indian Day Parade route in Crown Heights -- not hitting anyone -- before hopping into a cab and fleeing.
Bloomberg, who has decried the recent spate of gun violence, had just started marching.
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Must be a misprint - no guns allowed there.
WTH is West India? Pakistan?
Rudy to the rescue...again?
I think they might mean the “West Indies” countries, such as Barbados, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, in the Caribbean.
Sounds like Dinkins time is returning to NYC. How soon before all will be advised to carry ‘mugger’s money’.
Thanks, it took me a while to puzzle that out after I posted.
Well I can see More gun laws are needed to curb this violence. S/
How’s that diverse and liberal multiculturalism working out for ya there Bloomer? Keep prmoting the joys of Gayhood and ban some more prayers and see the benefits roll in like waves. Bloomin’ idiot for sure.
Can't be prevented, Bloomie. They'll get them no matter how many anti-gun laws are put on the books. The only thing responsible citizens can do is arm ourselves against them.
“”We just cannot continue to have these guns in the hands of kids who don’t understand the value of human life,” he (Bloomberg) said.
Back up, Mr. Bloomberg. Why do they not “understand the value of human life”? Could it be that you have taught them not to by refusing to put to death murderers, by showing that you do not respect the value of human life enough to execute the guilty?
No way, isn’t that a gun free city?
Meaning there was no one able to shoot back.
Bloomberg’s an idiot.
How can this be? Didn’t the Brady Campaign to end gun violence rate New York as one of safest states to live in? (if not the safest) After all it is damn near impossible for an honest citizen to get a permit to own a firearm there. Just the cops, politicians and the well connected are allowed to own handguns.
New York for some reason is exempt from The Second Amendment
Another thing, that guy they arrested does not look Amish to me.
The leftists are the ones who deny that human life has value
How about carrying a mugger gun?
How about carrying a mugger gun? Kid in Chicago had it plus a cell phone. Kid was beaten to death anyway.
WTF?? WHERE are the sexual orientations of ANYONE involved mentioned?
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