{"id":194621,"date":"2023-11-15T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=194621"},"modified":"2023-11-15T15:17:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:17:11","slug":"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for &#8216;Assault Weapons&#8217; Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"598\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MayorAdams-1024x598.jpg\" alt=\"New York Post Calls out Mayor Adams for Blaming Guns for Subway Murders\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-169647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MayorAdams-1024x598.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MayorAdams-400x234.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MayorAdams-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MayorAdams-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MayorAdams-1536x897.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MayorAdams.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mayor Adams (Photo: Mayor Adams\/NYC.gov)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time:  <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">5<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/09\/news\/mayor-adams-leads-call-for-house-speaker-to-pass-assault-weapons-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\"><strong>sounding more and more<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;like one of his predecessors, Michael Bloomberg: a hypocritical gun control activist with truth problems. It\u2019s notable given the mayor\u2019s \u201cGotta get tough on criminals\u201d campaign platform that earned him New York City voters\u2019 approval in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents in The City that Never Sleeps have serious concerns that aren\u2019t going away \u2013 crime. Instead of addressing it and getting tough on violent criminals who break the law, Mayor Adams is blame-shifting and calling on law-abiding New Yorkers to give up more of their God-given rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/nyc-mayor-adams-lionizes-bloomberg-as-gun-control-paul-revere\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\"><strong>familiar call<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0from gun control activists who can\u2019t understand that criminals don\u2019t follow the laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-leading-from-behind\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\" data-level=\"2\">Leading From Behind<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-big-bucks-behind-gun-bans\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\" data-level=\"2\">Big Bucks Behind Gun Bans<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-wrong-facts-wrong-solution\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\" data-level=\"2\">Wrong Facts. Wrong Solution.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-leading-from-behind\">Leading From Behind<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Adams, Co-Chair of the Bloomberg-founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns, sent a&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/assets\/home\/downloads\/pdf\/press-releases\/2023\/AWB-Mayors-Letter-11092023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\">letter<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) demanding Congress to ban so-called \u201cassault weapons.\u201d That\u2019s the same gun ban on&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/commonly-owned-nssf-announces-over-24-million-msrs-in-circulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\">commonly-owned firearms<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;that failed in Congress last year and failed when Democrats held majorities in the House and Senate and held The White House \u2013 under both former President Barack Obama and &nbsp;President Joe Biden. More than 60 mayors signed the letter and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/09\/the-10-most-dangerous-cities-in-america-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\"><strong>most have crime issues of their own<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a press conference, Mayor Adams called for a new gun ban while speaking about the recent tragedy in Lewiston, Maine, and revealing a bigger issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEighteen Mainers were stolen from us by yet another disturbed man, wielding an assault rifle\u2026,\u201d Mayor Adams said. \u201cWhen you allow someone with a mental health illness to have access to these assault rifles, it can create a great deal of danger\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mayor ignored that the \u201cdisturbed\u201d murderer did, in fact, demonstrate numerous signs of serious mental health issues. He was known to authorities to have made serious and repeated threats of violence \u2013 including targeting a National Guard center \u2013 and state and local law enforcement agencies very likely made mistakes that should have placed the murderer on the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) prohibited list and possibly even could have led to firearms being seized. Those&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lewiston-maine-mass-shooting-109a533fd7a7f7083d0270da6413d565\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\"><strong>questions are still awaiting answers<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Mayor Adams and his colleagues, the details don\u2019t much matter. \u201cIt\u2019s easier to buy a weapon of war than it is to buy a Sudafed,\u201d the mayor repeated, citing a claim former Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2023\/oct\/27\/shannon-watts\/in-maine-is-it-harder-to-buy-sudafed-than-an-ar-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\"><strong>posted to social media<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;following the tragic shooting. That&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/story\/fact-check-is-it-easier-to-buy-an-ar-15-than-sudafed-in-maine\/21124888\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\"><strong>claim is dubious<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and was fact-checked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-big-bucks-behind-gun-bans\">Big Bucks Behind Gun Bans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise the same lies around banning the most popular-selling semiautomatic rifle in America are repeated by the same gun control activists. They\u2019re nearly all bankrolled by the same money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former New York City Mayor Micheal Bloomberg founded and funds Mayors Against Illegal Guns. He finances Everytown for Gun Safety too, as well as the gun control mouthpiece The Trace, and Moms Demand Action. He ran for president on a gun control platform but voters recognized his&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/bloombergs-second-amendment-lies-on-full-display-during-fox-news-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\">glaring gun control hypocrisy<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;too. In a town hall, he was questioned about his desire to ban and confiscate firearms while at the same time employing private, armed security guards. He proudly stated Americans shouldn\u2019t need armed security because most of them don\u2019t have enough money to deserve it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlright, look\u2026 I probably get forty or fifty threats every week\u2026\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/bloombergs-second-amendment-lies-on-full-display-during-fox-news-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\"><strong>Bloomberg said<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cThat just happens when you\u2019re the mayor of New York City, or very wealthy, or campaigning for the president of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the same gun control hypocrisy from the mayor. Mayor Adams came into office promising he\u2019d forgo the mayor\u2019s security detail and noting he\u2019d carry a concealed firearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYes I will carry, number one, and number two, I won\u2019t have a security detail,\u201d he&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/brooklyn\/news\/2020\/01\/31\/eric-adams-says-he-would-carry-a-gun-if-elected-mayor-\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\">declared<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in 2020. \u201cIf the city\u2019s safe, the mayor shouldn\u2019t have a security detail with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The streets aren\u2019t safe and New Yorkers remain fed up with criminals running the show. Crime and safety remain a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/74-of-nyc-voters-say-crime-is-a-serious-problem-in-the-city-an-all-time-high\/3544026\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\"><strong>serious issue<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;for residents, yet Mayor Adams has focused on punishing law-abiding New Yorkers and limiting their rights and ability to protect themselves. Added to the ongoing \u201cnormal\u201d crime surge the city is living through, a rise in antisemitic threats and violence since the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel have led to a surge in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/10\/23\/news\/jewish-americans-are-flocking-to-learn-gun-safety-and-buy-firearms\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\"><strong>Jewish Americans buying firearms<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wrong-facts-wrong-solution\">Wrong Facts. Wrong Solution.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The only thing Mayor Adams got right in his letter is that the murderer in Lewiston had severe mental health issues. Those are well-documented. There should have been coordination and communication between state and local agencies, law enforcement and FBI NICS that would\u2019ve prohibited the murderer from purchasing or possessing firearms. That is an effort on which&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/gun-control-looks-to-dry-up-legal-talent-for-gun-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\">NSSF led with the FIX NICS Act<\/a><\/strong>, named for the firearm industry\u2019s FixNICS\u00ae initiative to get all states to submit disqualifying records into the FBI\u2019s NICS. NSSF changed the laws in 16 states and in Congress to get the background check system to work as intended. It\u2019s been a 30-year effort that has led to a&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/firearm-industry-efforts-to-improve-background-checks-yield-meaningful-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\">270 percent increase<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in the number of submitted adjudicated mental health records to NICS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mayor also falsely suggested the previous \u201cassault weapon\u201d ban had a significant impact on \u201creducing shooting deaths.\u201d The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says otherwise. After the 1994 ban expired in 2004,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/the-folly-of-sen-feinsteins-weapons-of-war-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\"><strong>CDC studies reported<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;the impact on criminal misuse of firearms by renewing the 1994 ban would be \u201ctoo small for reliable measurement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are more than 24.4 million Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) in private circulation since 1990. Law-abiding Americans use them for lawful purposes every day. Mayor Adams, and his colleagues, should stop wasting time calling on Congress to ban legal firearms and instead focus on holding criminals accountable for crimes in their cities. That\u2019s what his employers \u2013 New York City residents \u2013 want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Larry Keane\u00a0<\/strong><em>is Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and General Counsel for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>, the firearms industry trade association.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mayor-eric-adams-assaults-the-truth-while-calling-for-assault-weapons-ban\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth While Calling for 'Assault Weapons' Ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a press conference, Mayor Adams called for a new gun ban while speaking about the recent tragedy in Lewiston, Maine, and revealing a bigger issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":169647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,25,240],"tags":[132,586,311,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-194621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-this-week","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-column","12":"tag-nssf","13":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mayor Eric Adams Assaults the Truth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get the complete scoop on NYC Mayor Eric Adams&#039; 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