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Adams admin seizes 20K guns

Guns seized in buyback programs
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Guns seized in buyback programs

Members of Mayor Adams' administraiton are marking a milestone when it comes to removing guns off New York City streets.

Police Commissioner Jessica Tische says the NYPD has now taken more 20-thousand illegal guns off the streets since the start of the Adams administration three years ago. That's three thousand more guns than the previous three year period.

"20-thousand guns seized is a great achievement but it represents a lot more. It's about lives saved and families sparaed from the tragedy of gun violence."

The department also confiscated 14-hundred ghost guns. Gun arrests were up eight percent in the last three years compared to 2019 through 2021.