‘Illegal Guns That Came From Out of State’: Bloomberg Comments on the Shooting of 4 NYPD Officers
- Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:14pm by
Erica Ritz
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(Photo: Joe Marino for New York Daily News)
Four NYPD officers have been shot by a man who was holding his pregnant girlfriend and their 4-month-old hostage in his sixth floor apartment, but they are all expected to make a full recovery.
Two were hit in the leg and the others were grazed by the suspect’s bullets. The shooter, Nakwon Foxworth, 33, was shot in the stomach after firing on the officers twelve times, and is in stable but critical condition.
NY Daily News reports that the trouble began Saturday night, when movers were blocking the entrance to his building. He supposedly took his child’s stroller and began “ramming” at the obstruction–with the baby still inside. He pulled a gun soon after people started screaming, “the baby! the baby!”
Foxworth has already served time for attempted murder and selling drugs. At the time of the attack, he had several illegal guns and ample ammunition in his home.
(Photo: Daily Mail)
Mayor Bloomberg, who visited the officers in the hospital, remarked:
‘We have now had eight – that’s correct, eight – members of the department shot in the last four months. And this is the second time in the last 24 hours police have been fired upon by armed assailants.
‘All the shootings have a disgraceful fact in common: all were committed with illegal guns that came from out of state. And that is the case with nearly every shooting in our city.
‘We got very lucky tonight, with no life-threatening injuries to officers or innocent bystanders. But sometimes, as you remember, we aren’t so lucky, as we saw with the murder of Police Officer Peter Figoski in December.’
Foxworth’s girlfriend was able to escape with her child in the middle of the shoot-out.
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Comments (173)
Lone Ranger
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:10pmWe had to pass a law in Virginia to keep this little tin god from sending his agents in and trying to entrap and sue our gun dealers our of business. Gun control has been a failure everywhere it has been tried.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:48pmThe LESSON from Prohibition was: You cannot stop people from getting whatever they Want!
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 12:14amOh the cries from the U.N., Hillary and Obama, or Mitt for all that matters, sign the treaty, Get the guns out of the Americans hands as we cannot fulfill our World Order until we do. BS. BS and more BS. We need to return to the roots of our Constitution before it is too late. They have been working on this for a long time and if we put in a Goldman Sachs puppet again, we are toast. Romney on 2nd amendment rights: D- !!!!!
Report Post »Maji
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 12:58amEvidently there are no laws in NY to keep liars and cheats from “buying elections and changing
Report Post »election laws” to their benefit.
Lets see if he can buy a fourth term??
woodyb
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 12:59amWho was it that said: “Outlaw guns and only the outlaws will have guns!” ???????????????
Report Post »db321
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:28amWoody – Who was it that said: “Outlaw guns and only the outlaws will have guns!”
I think it was the same person who said “Brave is the man that ate the first raw oyster!
Anyway – both are so true – thanks Woody!
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:30amHell, Holder and the DOJ gave the Mexican Cartels
Report Post »over 2000 weapons.. your lucky Bloomie..some may
come your way, though.. I understand NY only lets
the Bad Guys have guns..
USAF2003
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 6:45amBloombum’s comments are absolutely disgraceful. Using an incident like this for political gain shows what kind of “man” (for lack of better word) he is.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 7:54amBlooming idiot can’t figure it out, his rain is a flop & he is just wearing out another micraphone.
Report Post »omgfolks
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 8:19amWell it seems as if the criminals are still getting the guns in NYC, funny how the conrol measure do not work, once again we see our scared officials attempt to take away fire arms has back fired on them. Now maybe they will allow law abiding citizens their right back.
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 8:32amA sad use of “political capitol”. I wonder how the police officers feel about being used in this manner. Bloomburg is acting criminally in trying to keep firearms out of citizens hands.
Report Post »Parnell3rd
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 9:29amWe had to do the same thing in Tennessee. We all know Bloomburg is a liar. Plus the real problem is the suspect was convicted of attempted murder and selling drugs and already out of prison. So, Bloomberg maybe your liberal laws are at fault. Proving that in NYC “When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns” You get what you deserve!
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 9:31amOkay, so once again where were they bought? Care to back up your words with facts? Were they bought illegally? Would this have happened if LEGAL gun owners could defend themselves in NYC? Also, dictator Bloomberg, criminals will ALWAYS get guns even if completely outlawed! DOPE!
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 11:08amIn Mexico there is a 30 year mandatory sentence for firearm possession. How is that working for them?
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 7:56pmAnd yet he has no problem with illegal aliens from other countries coming in and committing crimes against people in his city or this country.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:10pmand if your citizens were allowed to carry perhaps the thugs that shot these cops would have never lived to see the day they shot the officers. Someone may have changed their attitudes or took them out in previous crimes they’ve more than likely committed.
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 8:37amThis proves that gun control does not stop gun violence. That’s settled. Switzerland issues guns to every responsible citizen, and they have zero gun crime. But these are facts. Facts are kryptonite to politicians.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:07pmit was bad enough that “guns kill people”. Now it appears “guns walk across borders”….good grief
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 12:44amspeaking of borders you have to go over all the way to the UK to get a photo of the guy that shot the police officers. our media wouldn’t want to let anyone know he was black. I checked 10 sites and not a one did the picture of him, just the victims. theblaze site links to the uk papers. apparently guns cross borders and kill people and only reporting that the suspect is black is now also taboo. I am so tired of this insantity
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 4:08am@HORSE
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/a-gun-nypd-cops-shot-brooklyn-article-1.1058148?localLinksEnabled=false
Took me less than a minute. Shows the shooter’s picture.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 8:51pmIf Obama had a son, he would look just like that!!!!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:03pmThis may be the Northern version of Fast & Furious. Look toward Eric in DC. Another Arizona and Skittles eater.
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:14pmTons of illegal aliens in N.Y. City…not a peep about that……Idiot…
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:56pmJust to be clear…I was calling Bloomberg a blooming idiot…
Report Post »Parnell3rd
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 9:30amand sir you were correct in calling bloomburg and idiot!
Report Post »SekndAmendment
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:02pmIt doesn’t matter which state the guns came from Bloomy. What matters is your legal system allowed a felon out of jail knowing how high the recidivism rates are. The guns were illegal because he was a restricted person, not because there was something bad about the guns. Normal gun owners don’t shoot up a whole police department…but apparently the guys you let out of jail do.
Report Post »Incredulous321
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 1:14amI’m on the West Koast. Is Bloomburg up for reelection? 1st. Great example of how criminals have guns. You took the guns away, but the criminals have guns. Awesome point about letting a dangerous criminal out of jail. His rehab apparently didn’t work. 2nd. Like many of you I’m sick of this black on white racism. The media and the government are full of stooges that refuse to tell the truth. 3rd. Why should they? Obama lies everytime he opens his mouth. Really. It‘s unbeleivable that this guy can’t get through a 5 minute speech without lying. It’s reported as he stretched the point or he misspoke, or he was in error, or what he meant to say was… He’s a liar! Tell the truth for God’s sake!
Report Post »4th. Why does Fox News insist on always having a deluded progressive on every panel discussion. I understand fair and balanced, but not fair and stupid! Sally Kohn makes Juan Williams look like a conservattive. Jamu? Green never met a fact that she liked. Allen Colmes should turn over all his earnings to the Obama reelection campaign. If he had his way the government would force all of us to.
5th. I can’t wait for Glenn to finish up his well deserved vacation and get back to work. No one else tells the truth the way he does. Happy Easter to everyone, even you Atheists.
jujubeebee
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 8:31amWay to go Incredulous!
Report Post »Add Bob Beckel to the list. He spouts off statistics that are inaccurate all the time and no one calls him on it. He interrupts and hogs the microphone.
Alan Colmes should not be able to get a job and should be fired from all stations. He is not good at what he is supposed to be doing. How on earth did he get a job in the first place? Who does he know?
WTFHappenedToTheUSA
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:00pmBloomberg you pompous azz, how about doing something about this…
“Foxworth has already served time for attempted murder and selling drugs. ”
Why was this POS out on the street?????????
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 12:29amBloomie is a pompous bahonkis.
He should call Eric Holder about ILLEGAL GUNS.
Bloomie needs to go BNTG
OMG 2012
Report Post »rot_soldier
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:57pm“‘All the shootings have a disgraceful fact in common: all were committed with illegal guns that came from out of state. And that is the case with nearly every shooting in our city.”
Report Post »Isn’t this rather obvious bloomberg? What a moron. Practically every gun in NYC is illegal. Also, you can’t buy a gun in NYC, so it’s quit obvious that they came from outside the city or state.
BumperMorgan
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:17amThis should prove to Bloomy that you can outlaw guns all you want, but bad guys can still find a way to get ahold of them and use them against anyone they choose.
Report Post »michael79
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:56pm1%, 1%, 1%… what the hell is wrong the OWS? They’ve got a mealy-mouthed elitist within their grasp and they let him walk upright and spew his New World Order-Marxist crap at them. They can’t be serious.
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:51pmnever mind THANK YOU !
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:12pmsome times I have to wait 4or 5 mins. or longer for mine,
Report Post »other times I have to go to the next story and than come back
to see it posted.
macpappy
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 12:47amYep, sometimes you have to do a hard refresh of the page.
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:47pmtest where is my post ????
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:46pmWaite a minute I thought N.Y. was a gun free zone ????? Wht the hell ? How could this happen ? Bloomberg I don’t think you are doing a very good job !!!!! Poor wittle guy [ sniff sniff ] You F-ing LIBERAL FOOLS just don’t get it do you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Skrewedretiree
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:20pmPoor little Bloomie is going to have to figure out that a lot of the drugs coming into New York are ALSO not a domestic product. Duh!
Hey, I got an idea! Why doesn’t New York close their borders? Oh, wait…never mind. The Obama Regime would never go for that…..
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:45pmAbout 3 years ago in Tacoma at a cafe, a colored guy shot and killed 4 white officers, the national media reported on it for one day then dropped the story, ask anyone today few people know of it, today it’s a non-issue like it never happened.
Report Post »http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34194122/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/cop-killer-suspect-shot-dead-officer/
jharper
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:32pmBut notice they don’t mentions the perps race. I get a kick that when they report a story now, they will not tell you the race of the perp IF the perp is not white, but will report that they escaped in a white car. That just happened at a funeral in Miami when 12 people were shot at the service for a gansta. Race was never mentioned, but they did report that the get away vehicle was white. In Fort Myers when these types of crimes happen, they will tell you the clothing the suspect was wearing. But that’s it, like the perp isn’t going to change clothes. It’s becoming so obvious.
Report Post »szabla
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:42pmthose guns are legal guns over here bloomy baby.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:38pmnakwon shot the 4 officers because { they done disrepected him]
what is a nakwon
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:47pmBro to Mo Ron a con
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:48pmwe all know bloomberg is an azz
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:48pmNakwon should have Nakrun faster !
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:53pmIt must seem disrespectful to some people to be disrupted in their rape, murder and mahem of others. I guess Holder and daddy “O” and JJ, will start flapping those big yammering traps for Mor ron a con’s brother. It does seem that something is just a mite off with all this.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:35pmMr. Bloomberg, all shootings of police officers were by a convicts with illegal fire arms from out of state….really,
Report Post »That’s because, law abiding folks, who own guns, do not shoot 4 police officers after getting aggravated. The gun, if from out of state, would by law be illegal for that cause, you are simply stating the obvious.
blackyb
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:43pmWhat about the bricks they drop on officers in N Y? Are those out of state bricks? What about the stabbings, clubbings and the long island prostitute killers hands, are they from out of state? What about the children left to die out of neglect is the neglect out of state also?
Report Post »another pucker
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:35pm“Foxworth has already served time for attempted murder and selling drugs. At the time of the attack, he had several illegal guns and ample ammunition in his home.”
And yes, NAKWON! HMMMM!
Only criminals have illegal guns. This will never change if you ban all guns!
XOXOXO
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:53pmSHOCKING ! A colored guy named Nakwon with illegal guns ! Who Knew ?
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:34pmHe’ll probably get off if Holder can get to his side in time.
Report Post »Chamber
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:34pmNo Bloomy, it’s the resident that live IN STATE or more correctly IN CITY, your failed city, that caused the shooting. One more resident who did a bad, illegal thing.
Report Post »possom
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:33pmMy baby mama broke my crack pipe AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGG!!!!!
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:56pmThat was the baby dat the crack pipe broke.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:33pmIllegal guns? .. sounds like he needs to check with Holder and Fast and Furious. This idiot won’t let the law-abiding citizens have them .. so criminals know no fear with their “illegal’ ones.
Report Post »Skrewedretiree
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:25pmRemember the old saying: When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns.
Report Post »possom
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:32pmLook‘s like ol’ nakwon got a short fuse, perhap’s his baby mama broke his crack pipe.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:28pmI’m glad the baby, girlfriend & officers are going to be ok. If the shooter lives, maybe the jury will have the common sense to put him away for a long, long time.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 11:03pmI say skin his azz.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 9:02pmPlenty of pot holes that need filling.
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:21pmOk lets go, Nakwon, really. And let the debate begin!
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:19pmNakwon is the victim ! – J.Jackson
Report Post »dissentnow
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:19pmNakwon?
Report Post »hmmmmmmmm………
TXPilot
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:29pmBlack guy shoots four white guys who are police officers……..I’m sure the press coverage on this story will be gone in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1………Jesse?…are you there?…….Al?…is that you???…didn’t think so….
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:36pmNakwon …. someone should have slapped his mama for that name. I wonder what could go wrong? Seriously these guys all have some wackado name.
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