A Gun Story

Mayor Bloomberg is getting more support - not that he needed it - for his aggressive stand against firearms in the city as well as the NYPD's handling of crminals as the story of Damon Henry makes the rounds. Henry was shot over the weekend by the NYPD when he fired an Uzi (!!!) at them in East Flatbush. The Post says, "The pursuing police responded with about 30 rounds, hitting him in the torso and legs, blowing off a finger and his penis," according to police. Crime does not pay. It turns out that Henry once owned - and used the gun to shoot an officer - the same gun that killed police officer Dillon Stewart last year. Henry will be tried under a new law that has harsher penalties for people who attack the police - Henry could face a minimum of 20-40 years.

Henry was out on $50,000 bail when he was shot on Saturday - and the police are finding out how he got the Uzi. There was a short-lived TV show in 1997 called Gun in which the same gun was at the center of a different story each episode.

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By Jen Chung in News on January 23, 2006 8:58 AM

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Anonymous

True, all laws should be abolished as only law abiding citizens abide by them. Criminals disregard laws, ergo, no use in creating and enforcing them.

agreed

I agree with the above poster. Laws only work for law-abidding citizens and it's obvious that this person is not a law-abiding citizen and would not follow the law.

dripping with sarcasm

Yep, that guy with the Uzi seems to be a law-abiding citizen. He'll definitely be foiled by Bloomberg's new laws. He'll throw his hands up in frustration: "Now, gee, it's so hard to get guns through legal means! I'm going to give up!"

Max

Hate to say this- but the mayor needs our help on this issue. And we should help him. Dont let the NRA and its toadies sweep this under the rug, New Yorkers and the members of the NYPD are put in harms way by gun merchants. Do not beleive it when they say that criminals steal these guns, etc.

2% of gun dealers are responsible for about 50% of guns used in crimes. They know this- and you should too.