According to am New York (Warning: slow to load PDF), one of our local free morning papers, a crackdown on a gun smuggling operation in Brooklyn has highlighted a long-running problem for law enforcement here in NYC: the smuggling of illegal weapons into New York from southern states with lax gun laws.
From the local ABC affiliate: Gun-Running Ring Busted
New York City police have busted a gunrunning ring that brought about 100 guns, including high-powered assault rifles from Virginia to Brooklyn.
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Among the items they were caught with were AK-47 assault rifles, nine-millimeter handguns and at least one Mac .380-caliber submachine gun.
New York City is trying to combat this problem, but Republicans are thwarting efforts to control the problem, essentially aiding those who are smuggling illegal weapons into the City.
