Police agencies across the state have taken over 6,000 illegal guns off the streets so far this year, a twenty percent increase over the same time period last year. At a press conference last week, Governor Kathy Hochul said too many lives have been destroyed thanks to gun violence all across the state…
But Hochul has been criticized for her resistance to scaling back some of the criminal justice and bail reform laws. Rockland Sheriff Lou Falco told “The Morning Show” earlier this month that gun cases are out of control state-wide…
Rockland Assemblyman Mike Lawler says the laws need to be enforced so criminal activity will stop…
Hochul points to the Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns she started earlier this year that shares gun trafficking data with neighboring states to help prevent the movement of guns across state lines.