WABC News Misleads in Tease for “Community Guns”
Posted by FirearmsTruth on November 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The tease this past Tuesday from WABC Channel Eye Witness News suggested that “anyone” including “teens” could get their hands on so-called “community guns” in part of New York City. Further it was said that guns were “borrowed” or even being “rented out,” suggesting that maybe a gun shop or other organization was actually offering firearms for rental.
Not so fast. The story actually clears this up, telling that it was gang members in The Bronx who were doing the loaning and offering the guns for rental. In many cases these criminals were leaving the guns in places where they could be easily recovered. The story noted:
“In March, a round-up of forty-one suspected gang members turned up five guns hidden in a stash house in Washington Heights.”
Of course the segment also took a very one sided look at the issue of “gun control,” with a nodd to the anti-firearm zealot Mike Bloomberg:
“There may be fewer guns on the streets, but experts say more and more people are getting their hands on them. Mayor Bloomberg said this week that the biggest threat to New Yorkers security is no longer terrorism. It’s gun violence.”
Is this really the case? Given that 3,000+ people died on September 11, 2001, it is hard to say that terrorism isn’t the biggest threat facing this city. If terrorism wasn’t an issue, why is New York City at such a higher terror level alert than the rest of the country?
