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Eric Adams: “We have removed and recovered 23,000 illegal guns off our…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch provided a public-safety related announcement

Published | Video Starts at 02:43

This was a failure of a society that allowed a 16 year old to get so close to shooting up a school and potentially killing classmates and teachers. So me standing here today and talking about what We have removed and recovered 23,000 illegal guns off our streets since the start of this administration. It would be nothing to the parents if one gun in one young man's hands can do so much harm. That's why we keep talking about upstream solutions. (02:43–02:55)

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Asserts that 23,000 illegal guns have been removed from the streets since the start of Eric Adams' administration.

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