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NYC PRC Prevention News Issue #34
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LOCAL PREVENTION NEWS COVERAGE | |
Harlem Mother says NRA Leader Wayne LaPierre lied when he promised to help her combat violence
A Harlem mother whose two sons were murdered by gunslingers says a leader of the National Rifle Association lied to her face when he promised to help her combat street violence.
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre made the vow after Jackie Rowe-Adams
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Photo Credit: James Keivom - New York Daily News |
accepted a Daily News invitation to attend the annual meeting of the influential gun lobbying organization in April.
At the meeting in St. Louis, LaPierre said he would work with Rowe-Adams and her nonprofit group, Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E.
"I understand your pain . . . we will talk again," he told the 64-year-old activist. "I thought he was sincere," Rowe-Adams said, sitting in her storefront office on Frederick Douglass Blvd. "We exchanged contact information."
But LaPierre and his staff have ignored repeated phone calls and two letters over the last several months begging the NRA to participate in a Harlem "peace walk" on Saturday, Rowe-Adams says.
"I'm disappointed," the city Parks Department recreation manager said. "I'm not naïve, but I wanted us to work together. This man is not a man of his word."
The NRA didn't respond to requests for comment.
Continue Reading: New York Daily News |
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As part of Queens buy back program an effort was made to clean up street violence.
A complete breakdown of the firearms that were surrendered today is as follows: 245 revolvers, 168 semi-automatic pistols, 5 sawed-off shotguns, 2 assault weapons, 35 rifles, 26 shotguns and 28 others (zips, BBs, starters, etc). A photo of the surrendered firearms is above.
A total of 509 guns were surrendered at a Queens church on Saturday as part of an effort to clean up street violence in the borough, the NYPD said.
Among the firearms collected in the six-hour buyback event at the New Jerusalem Baptist Church in Jamaica was an AK 47, a TEC-9; and a Calico 9mm with a 50 round magazine, cops said.
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Photo Credit: DCPI |
Amid a wave of gun violence that plagued the city streets this summer, the NYPD, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown and State Sen. Malcolm Smith hosted a gun buyback initiative. People turning in working handguns, rifles or shotguns received $200 bank cards.
"If you take one gun off the streets that helps save a life," said Smith (D-Queens). "I'm sure we saved a lot of lives going forward."
"I have a 5-year-old granddaughter and I don't want her to find it," said Cruz, 53, who added that she used to carry the firearm in her purse every day on her bus commute to work for "protection." But she stopped carrying it when she got a car.
Smith said that he suspected many people were bringing in guns on behalf of someone else.
"An elderly woman came in with like six 9-mm. guns and a rifle - she can barely walk. She brought those guns in for somebody else. And in a strange way that's encouraging to me because it tells me it's coming out of the hands of some of the bad guys."
News Source: New York Daily News |
LOCAL PREVENTION NEWS CONTINUES | |
Guns, crime cripple Brownsville
Brownsville has become ground zero of the gun violence problem in New York City
In the summer of the gun, nowhere is more dangerous than Brownsville as Brooklyn neighborhood has more shooting victims than any other place in the city
Kids getting clipped by bullets on a basketball court. A precious 2-year-old girl wounded in a drive-by. A Father's Day barbecue guest killed in a storm of 23 gunshots.
Welcome to Brownsville.
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Bryan Pace (NY Daily News) |
The neighborhood sits in the Brooklyn police precinct with more shooting victims this year than any other place in the city. There was a shooting during a basketball game at Fish Playground about 6:30 p.m. Monday - another crime that spread fear through the neighborhood.
Forever Allah, 57, with his 9-year-old granddaughter Judea Mattry. Judea, who lives next door to the playground says she afraid to go inside the park. "Now I am afraid of the park," said Judea Mattry, 9, whose family lives in an apartment overlooking the playground. "People are killing people. Some people are crazy. Some people have beef."
Four youths were wounded in the Monday evening shooting, bringing the number of people shot in Brownsville to 69 this year.
Local parents share Judea's concerns about crime in the troubled neighborhood. Steve Singleton, 38, said his kids know the drill if they hear gunshots: Stop, drop and roll.
"It's the environment we live in," said Singleton. "I have to teach my kids how to stay safe."
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Wednesday September 19, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
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Contact Us
NYC Prevention Resource Center
The Children's Aid Society
105 East 22nd Street, Suite 517
New York, New York 10010
Tel: (917) 286-1541
Fax: (212) 529-6762
Email: prc@childrensaidsociety.org |
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 About Us
The New York City Prevention Resource Center (PRC) is a partnership between the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), and The Children's Aid Society (CAS).
The PRC is committed towards providing technical assistance and training to NYC communities addressing the negative factors associated with underage drinking, tobacco and other drug use; through the formation and strengthening of coalitions that are implementing evidence based strategies and best practices. |
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