Manhattan's new DA, Alvin Bragg , some policies

[Lillie767]

From OP:

"According to several news organizations, Manhattan is so heavily Democratic that Bragg is overwhelmingly favored to succeed Cyrus Vance Jr. in the general election and become the first person of color to serve as New York County District Attorney. The position has been held by just people, Mr. Vance and Robert Morgenthau—for the past 45 years."

Other than a short four year period, Jan 1938- Dec 1941, when Thomas E Dewey was DA as a Republican and American Labor party candidate, Democrats have held this position for more than hundred years.

Two party system is sometimes just theory in cities. Almost the same for Mayor, except for Rudy and Fiorello.

[BlakeJones]

Originally Posted by Lillie767

Don't you just love auto editing for prohibited words. AI needs some human help here.

"He graduated from Harvard *** laude with a Bachelor of Arts".

You can also not spell out the Q on here within LGBTQabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890!@#$%^&*( )_+

[Bklynball]

Originally Posted by jonbenson

A cop notices someone on the street has a gun in their waist.

Should they check the person or just ignore it if the person is not doing anything aggressive with it?

If the cop checks it and the person has no permit, should they go to jail for some period of time
or just get a ticket?

More coherent but you can't be serious?

Cops stop people for knives let alone guns in NYC.

[Airborneguy]

Originally Posted by jonbenson

In what year did it turn leftist?

You're ridiculous and everyone on this forum knows it. While I cannot infract you for your needling questions, be advised this is the last time I will acknowledge one of your posts.

[jonbenson]

Originally Posted by jonbenson

A cop notices someone on the street has a gun in their waist.

Should they check the person or just ignore it if the person is not doing anything aggressive with it?

If the cop checks it and the person has no permit, should they go to jail for some period of time
or just get a ticket?

Originally Posted by Bklynball

More coherent but you can't be serious?

Cops stop people for knives let alone guns in NYC.

I'm not talking about what the law is currently

People in this topic don't like various laws that are now current, bail reform, ending qualified immunity (soon) etc.

So there is law now that says it's illegal to have an unlicensed gun in New York

but some people disagree with that and don't think it should be a crime to have one and people should not be arrested and out into prison for it

Some who carry these unlicensed guns argue that they need them for protection.
Some think there should not be a requirement to have a gun license in New York City

However Cuomo just signed the first executive order of it's kind by a mayor declaring a
"'Gun Violence Disaster Emergency"

this includes

" To combat the flow of illegal guns onto New York streets, the State will create a new Gun Trafficking Interdiction Unit within the New York State Police. New York State will also work with other states in the region to share gun tracing data that can stop inter-state gun traffickers and straw purchasers from introducing illegal guns into New York communities."


And the new Manhattan DA said

https://www.alvinbragg.com/gun-safety


Alvin Bragg

MY PLAN

4. Disrupting the Iron Pipeline

New York State and City have of some of the toughest gun laws in the country. So why in NYC do we recover approximately 3,000 crime guns every year? The vast majority of the illegal guns seized in this city come from out of state. The lax gun laws in states up and down I-95 – the Iron Pipeline – provide an opportunity for gun traffickers to buy out of state and import deadly weapons into our communities. So we must identify and target those traffickers.

At the Attorney General’s Office, I led a team that developed a technology to identify traffickers and their co-conspirators, and I will use that same technology and understanding of these issues to target these individuals as Manhattan District Attorney. As part of this program, I will seek to have specialist prosecutors from the Manhattan DA, U.S. Attorney’s Office, and New York Attorney General’s Office cross-designated for state and federal prosecution, recognizing that we cannot stop the flow of guns into Manhattan without looking well outside our borders and working together.

I will also work to partner senior prosecutors at hotspot precincts and the real-time crime center to provide instant support and guidance to field operations. This will help reduce potentially costly delays in developing cases and evidence in emergent situations.

______________________________________

So some in this forum might say don't do anything about this gun trafficking, that is only going to hurt gun manufactures. The guns aren't killing people it's people killing people with guns
Therefore wait until somebody actually pulls the trigger and does something criminal
rather than arresting people merely for carrying a gun without a license that should not be a crime, you shouldn't have to need a license and if there is to be a license and you gun is unlicensed you should get a ticket not face jail time

[Bklynball]

Originally Posted by jonbenson

I'm not talking about what the law is currently

People in this topic don't like various laws that are now current, bail reform, ending qualified immunity (soon) etc.

So there is law now that says it's illegal to have an unlicensed gun in New York

but some people disagree with that and don't think it should be a crime to have one and people should not be arrested and out into prison for it

Some who carry these unlicensed guns argue that they need them for protection.
Some think there should not be a requirement to have a gun license in New York City

However Cuomo just signed the first executive order of it's kind by a mayor declaring a
"'Gun Violence Disaster Emergency"

this includes

" To combat the flow of illegal guns onto New York streets, the State will create a new Gun Trafficking Interdiction Unit within the New York State Police. New York State will also work with other states in the region to share gun tracing data that can stop inter-state gun traffickers and straw purchasers from introducing illegal guns into New York communities."


And the new Manhattan DA said

https://www.alvinbragg.com/gun-safety


Alvin Bragg

MY PLAN

4. Disrupting the Iron Pipeline

New York State and City have of some of the toughest gun laws in the country. So why in NYC do we recover approximately 3,000 crime guns every year? The vast majority of the illegal guns seized in this city come from out of state. The lax gun laws in states up and down I-95 – the Iron Pipeline – provide an opportunity for gun traffickers to buy out of state and import deadly weapons into our communities. So we must identify and target those traffickers.

At the Attorney General’s Office, I led a team that developed a technology to identify traffickers and their co-conspirators, and I will use that same technology and understanding of these issues to target these individuals as Manhattan District Attorney. As part of this program, I will seek to have specialist prosecutors from the Manhattan DA, U.S. Attorney’s Office, and New York Attorney General’s Office cross-designated for state and federal prosecution, recognizing that we cannot stop the flow of guns into Manhattan without looking well outside our borders and working together.

I will also work to partner senior prosecutors at hotspot precincts and the real-time crime center to provide instant support and guidance to field operations. This will help reduce potentially costly delays in developing cases and evidence in emergent situations.

______________________________________

So some in this forum might say don't do anything about this gun trafficking, that is only going to hurt gun manufactures. The guns aren't killing people it's people killing people with guns
Therefore wait until somebody actually pulls the trigger and does something criminal
rather than arresting people merely for carrying a gun without a license that should not be a crime, you shouldn't have to need a license and if there is to be a license and you gun is unlicensed you should get a ticket not face jail time

99% of those who CARRY unlicensed guns in NYC are criminals/wannabe criminals.

If NYC legalized guns tomorrow I would go out and buy five. Regular people don't carry unlicensed firearms NYC. There are some who have unlicensed firearms in the house for protection but even this is very rare.

Your question doesn't make any sense.

[jonbenson]

Originally Posted by Bklynball

99% of those who CARRY unlicensed guns in NYC are criminals/wannabe criminals.

If NYC legalized guns tomorrow I would go out and buy five. Regular people don't carry unlicensed firearms NYC. There are some who have unlicensed firearms in the house for protection but even this is very rare.

Your question doesn't make any sense.

If you were running the city and someone is found with an illegal handgun in New York City

what you you think should happen to them?

In your opinion should they get a ticket ,
go to jail
or get no penalty at all ?

[Airborneguy]

Originally Posted by Bklynball

Your question doesn't make any sense.

It the first and won't be the last.

[antinimby]

Originally Posted by HellUpInHarlem

I'm happy he won... lets see how he does

Boy, your post didn’t age well, did it?