Here's some (possibly) good news for the NYPD: the number of recovered firearms dropped 8% last year, from 5,537 to 5,135, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Though that does leave open the possibility that the NYPD just isn't finding all of the guns, it's still a sign of improvement. Most of the guns happened to come from states Bloomberg has accused of being too lenient on background checks—Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina and Florida. 395 of the guns came from within New York. more ›

A tip to the Organized Crime Control Bureau led police to the home of a Staten Island landlord where they found a slew of unlicensed weapons that included 77 handguns, three rifles, two stun guns, several knives and boxes of shells. 54-year-old Gary Granato was arrested on weapons charges for the arsenal he had been unable to secure a permit for, despite two attempts to do so. A police source said, "That's 80 guns off the streets that could have fell in the wrong hands." Most of the guns were apparently antique (but still usable) collectibles purchased at auctionarms.com. One neighbor told the News, "There was a lot of FedEx and UPS deliveries every day. When one would leave, the next one would come." more ›

The RAND Corporation issued the findings of a report that commissioned by the NYPD in the wake of the Sean Bell shooting. Among the recommendations were that the NYPD should incorporate more realistic scenarios into its firearm training and increase the number of non-lethal weapons carried by personnel on the street. more ›