President Biden called for more funding for law enforcement and anti-violence programs during a visit to New York City to grapple with increasing crime
NEW YORK — President Joe Biden called for more funding for law enforcement and anti-violence programs during a visit Thursday to New York City to grapple with increasing crime.
Adams, a retired NYPD captain, said he and Biden are in lockstep."Mr. President, Eric Adams is reporting for duty and ready to serve," he said. Biden noted the cops were shot with a stolen Glock with a 40 round magazine, and called for a new ban on assault weapons. “It’s really a weapon of war,” he said. “I don’t see any rationale why there should be such a weapon able to be purchased.”
“The president is here because he knows what the American people want: justice, safety and prosperity. And they deserve every bit of it. And he wants to end gun violence in our city and in our country,” Adams said. “That’s what New Yorkers want too. That’s what I campaigned on, and that’s why you elected me as mayor of the City of New York.”The president cited Adams’ comparison of violence to a sea fed by many rivers. “I put forward a plan to dam up some of those streams,” Biden said.
DOJ is adding additional staff to its task forces that target gun trafficking through the “iron pipeline,” which funnels firearms from southern states to big cities like New York. They are also directing every U.S. Attorney’s Office across the country to prioritize prosecution of gun trafficking offenses.
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