Twenty-four New Yorkers were hit by gunfire, one fatally, over 24 hours of violence this weekend, prompting Mayor Bloomberg to call the bloody stretch “unconscionable” and demand action from Washington.
The eruption of shootings from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday left the mayor livid and the parents of three wounded children distraught and angry.
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New York already has the most strict gun laws in the U.S., what else can be done to prevent gun violence?
Update:
Two cops were wounded in a gun battle that capped off a terrifying spate of shootings that killed three and marred Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade. The surge of violence wounded eight and put the number of people shot over the weekend around the city to at least 48, including two people who were killed Sunday night.
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Should they cancel the West Indian parade in Brooklyn?
Stop The Madness: 24 People Shot in 24 Hours In NYC (48 Over The Weekend)
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