While communities protest and
decry gun violence over and over...and over...the root of our problems is constantly being
replanted without us having any control over the consequences.
If you didn't already know
it, deadly transactions are taking place right in our community – right under
your nose – and it's keeping our streets dangerous. These transactions
are possibly leading to a murder, injury or massive shooting that will make
tomorrow’s news.
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| It's EASY to get an Uzi!!! |
Where do all these gangster
thugs get their firearms? How do all of these criminals really get their hands on these weapons which they’ll use to take
someone's life? If you haven’t been paying attention to the news – or reading
the Canarsie Courier – you might not
know that a gun ring operation was taking place in the Walgreen’s parking lot
at Avenue M and Rockway Parkway not too long ago. A money-hungry bad guy had no
problem selling firearms in the midst of a residential/shopping area. He had no
problem dealing with violent criminals who would hand over a wad of money for a
.32 caliber handgun – a weapon that could be used to kill your best friend, family
member or even an NYPD officer.
Our community has all types
of ideas and initiatives to deter gun violence. Let's create more jobs in crime-riddled
areas so the no-good-doers are too busy working to get ahold of a gun to hunt
down their enemies. Let's give our teenagers more extracurricular activities so
they're not out on the streets endangering their lives.
What a great idea! Not…
Every time there's a march
where politicians and civic leaders are screaming, “This needs to stop!”
another gun is quietly being sold right here – possibly out of a vehicle with
hundreds of firearms waiting to be sold. Minutes, hours, days – maybe even
weeks – after they're illegally sold, those weapons will be used to destroy a
life. These quiet transactions don't just result in the destruction of one
life, it destroys communities and families who want our leaders to “DO SOMETHING!”
Let's get real! How can leaders
do anything when guns are being funneled from states like Georgia, Pennsylvania
and South Carolina? Who’s securing the state lines and checking that guns
aren’t physically brought to our city?
In the past few months,
dozens have been arrested and indicted for their participation in gun rings. Canarsie’s
own Michael Bassier reportedly made 12 trips to Georgia and at least six trips
to Pittsburg. He then brought the guns to Canarsie and sold them to undercover
cops. Out of $130,050 in weapons recovered, how many ADDITIONAL guns were made
available to sell on the street? What if your
teenager wanted to get their hands on a weapon? Unfortunately, it’s just THAT
easy for them to network and scout out where an illegal ring is going down in
their community and BAM – it’s only a matter of time before they’re plotting
how they can possibly take someone else’s life.
Do you even know what kind of
weapons these bad guys smuggling here? We’re talking rifles, uzis and guns so
big that you can’t really conceal them while walking the streets. Who in this
city needs to buy a machine gun? It doesn’t matter – because as much as “we
need to do something about this,” these weapons are still in circulation –
right in our backyards!
The cold-hearted criminals are
heading down south where no one is controlling what goes on BEFORE these
weapons are brought up to our city. You can't take guns off the streets if
they're constantly being transported here across state lines – sometimes aboard
Greyhound buses that don’t require security or baggage checks. How often do
transportation safety officials and security agents rummage through luggage before it’s stored in the overhead
compartments or stowaways – especially in states where guns are legally purchased?
Most of the suspects working
in conspiracy with these rings are living in the South. They don’t give a damn
that your life – here in Brooklyn –
is in danger because someone on your block purchased a pistol or
semi-automatic. The money they make from these sales in our little community
means more than the cost of anyone’s life!
Where did Tyrone Howard, a
career criminal, get his hands on the weapon he used to kill Police Officer Randolph
Holder in East Harlem a few weeks ago? If and when they track the firearm to
its original location, it’s more proof that nothing ANYONE does or says will
decrease the number of shootings that take place in our city.
Yes, I extend kudos to all of
the undercover cops and the NYPD’s Firearms Investigations Unit for removing
hundreds of weapons off our streets. But the dollar signs will continue to
flash and more illegal transactions will soon be going down right on your block.
You never know what’s in that duffel bag being carried out of someone’s trunk at three in the afternoon on
any given day…and you probably never will.
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