When I was a when I was maybe 15 I was on the roof of a building when someone reported a visible gun. With 15 minutes my friends and I were surrounded by police and questioned as they looked for the gun. They did find the person about 10 minutes later.
I also had a kid in my school shoot himself in the leg by accident because he thought he'd be cool and tuck it in his pants. The closest I ever come to an active shooting.
I stick by my statement that guns are extremely rare in NYC. They are not non-existent, but they aren't at all common place.
The nypd downplaying crimes is a significant real issue, that is true. But that only fuels the the thesis that what is proposed may work here.
I grew up right outside of NYC, spent A LOT of time there. I then lived in NYC for about 8 years. I never saw, heard of or experienced what you described. Nor have I ever communicated with anyone that shared a similar experience.
Can you be more specific about what 'neighborhoods' you refer to?
What, are you kidding? This is a crazy statement to make. Guns are everywhere here in NYC and everyone who lives in an actual NYC neighborhood knows this.
I've lived in NYC my whole life. I always knew kids that had handguns, I knew people that sold them, I knew people that would buy them every chance one came on their radar.
I was at my local deli today and heard a 45 year old gentleman telling another older person about the new Smith & Wesson they had for sale.
> that crime rate is dropping lower and lower
That's not really the "crime rate" that is dropping lower, but rather the number of crimes booked by police officers. Police spent months not responding to, nor intervening in, basically any crimes committed in NYC in 2020. The incidence of crimes committed against innocent citizens in NYC - as well as the gun crimes - all are rising dramatically, as anyone who lives here would be quick to tell you.
I am impressed with the amount of disinformation in this post, given how few words you actually wrote.