In immediate hours after at least four people Was shot badlyAn off-duty police officer,, a man, after firing a long gun in Manhattan, MPs on both sides of the corridor began taking up the familiar sides in the gun control debate.
On Fox News, Sen John Kennedy (R-La) suggested that the gun control law would not help make public safe and the city should consider bringing the stop-end-frisk instead.
Kennedy said on Sean Hannie’s show, “On Capital Hill, perhaps the beginning of the morning, there will be unavoidable calls for more gun control laws by some of my colleagues. We have received hundreds of gun control laws, perhaps thousands.” “We do not need more gun control, we need more stupid control.”
House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffrees (DN.Y.), who represents a Brooklyn district, called the shoot “tragic and terrible” and large -scale firing “plague”.
He said in a statement, “The gun violence epidemic continues to suffer our country and has now shattered life in our great city. The time has come for decisive action.”
The purpose of the gunman who shot himself was not immediately clear. One of the surveillance footage is still shown to carry an attack-style rifle.
“I do not want to feel sorry for this man who did so,” said Kennedy. “I believe that there is objective evil in this world, and we saw it today.”
Louisiana Senator also brought back stop-and-frisk, floated with a policy Controversial history Targeting colored communities in New York City.
“Secondly, which is clearly facing New York, the issue is whether we should bring back more aggressive stops and frisk, which is a completely legal law enforcement strategy,” he said.
The strategy formally ended during the tenure of Mayor Bill de Blasio. In 2024, city Installed A rule requires police to disclose the race of those they stop for inquiry.
