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The New York Mayor is on the hot seat after a shooting in Times Square. (Photo: Mayor de Blasio Facebook)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The blame game has begun in the aftermath of a shooting in Times Square over the weekend that left three innocent bystanders wounded, including a four-year-old girl shopping with her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio took a page from other liberal mayors in blaming the U.S. Congress and its supposed inaction on gun control for the shooting that appears to have been caused by a dispute between brothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook, this kind of thing should not happen in our city. We need Congress to help us to stop the flow of guns into New York City. We got a lot of work to do. But we know what works, and the NYPD is out there constantly making adjustments sending officers where they\u2019re needed most,\u201d de Blasio told reporters<\/a> at a press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others in the city blame new policies related to police, bail, and criminal justice on the shocking incident in a popular tourist destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Post<\/em> suggests<\/a> that criminals have been emboldened by de Blasio\u2019s decision to disband NYPD\u2019s plainclothes anti-crime unit in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: New Yorkers Now Face a Choice: Guns or Marijuana?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Others point to bail reform laws as keeping criminals on the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a direct correlation between this uptick in shootings and bail reform laws and city council laws that handcuffed the police,\u201d Detectives\u2019 Endowment Association President Paul DiGiacomo said<\/a>. \u201cThe people suffering are the people of New York City and the people coming to visit the city.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Review\u2019s Charles C. W. Cooke argues<\/a> that the stated desire of New York politicians to reduce penalties for illegal firearm possession doesn\u2019t square with their insistence on strict gun control laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy rigorously enforcing its laws, New York City has long served as an exception to this rule. If it, too, descends into magical thinking and lax administration, it will make a farce of its claim to practicality \u2014 and, in turn, of the false-but-popular idea that governments in big cities have a compelling interest in safety that outweighs the protection of our right to keep and bear arms,\u201d Cooke says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: How New York City Is Denying Residents 2A Rights<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The suspect in the Times Square incident, Farrakhan Muhammad, is still at large. Police believe he began wildly shooting into a crowd of shoppers after a conflict with his brother, according to The Post<\/em>. He is an illegal CD peddler and possibly a drug dealer, and he likely escaped on public transit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victims, a 23-year-old woman, a 43-year-old woman, and a four-year-old girl, have all been released from the hospital. The girl was shot in the left leg, and a doctor opted not to remove the bullet from the 23-year-old\u2019s leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI started screaming, asking for help, it was really scary,\u201d she told The Post<\/a><\/em>. \u201cThank God it didn\u2019t break my bone, but it did go inside. The doctor said he wouldn\u2019t do any surgery or take out the bullet, it would do more damage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like most major American cities, New York City experienced a sharp uptick in homicides and shootings in 2020. The 468 homicides citywide in 2020 represents a 47% increase over 2019, and shootings in Manhattan increased by 40%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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