Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio Unite on Gun Issue


By Erin Durkin, Kenneth Lovett and Stephen Rex Brown

Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio said Monday that another firearm-fueled tragedy during J’Ouvert demanded a national solution — tougher gun laws.

Cuomo noted that New York has some of the strongest gun laws in the country — but they did nothing to prevent the deaths of Tyreke Borel, 18, and Tiarah Poyau, 22, both of Brooklyn.

“We have to stop the violence, stop the shootings, stop the killing and we have to do something about the insanity of illegal guns in this country,” Cuomo said. “A state cannot protect itself. We have the best laws in the country and we can’t protect ourselves.” 

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Source: The New York Daily News

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