Iron Pipeline: Southern guns used in Northeast crimes

[SeaSnake]

Stolen South Carolina guns are being transported up ‘Iron Pipeline’ to commit crimes in other states

CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — In 2015, New York Police Department Officer Randolph Holder was killed after being shot by a gun that was illegally trafficked from South Carolina. It’s not the on…

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CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — In 2015, New York Police Department Officer Randolph Holder was killed after being shot by a gun that was illegally trafficked from South Carolina.

It’s not the only case.

Officials are working to crack down on illegal gun trafficking as South Carolina’s violent crime rate continues to rise.

About 70% of guns that are recovered or used in crimes in New York City come from southern states with more lax gun laws, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.


Last year, he announced the indictment of four men for trafficking guns from South Carolina and Virginia. Those guns, he said, are running up Interstate 95, which is referred to as the “Iron Pipeline.”

Criminals use “straw purchasers” to legally buy guns for someone who can’t — like a convicted felon, who is banned from owning firearms.

“They know these guns will be used to commit a crime and they simply don’t care,” Gonzalez said.

New York City is one of five cities where the U.S. Department of Justice is launching a gun trafficking strike force, but some Democrats said more efforts are needed in states that are funneling guns to the area.

More than 7,650 guns were recovered in New York City in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Of those, 420 were traced to South Carolina.

From 2015 to 2019, South Carolina was in the top 10 source states for guns that were recovered in New York.

 

[konceptjones]

They acting like Strapped didn't tell us where the guns in NYC were coming from

 

[Black_Samson]

100 Night Vision Goggles just announced missing at Ft Hood.

 

[BRIAN B.]

They acting like Strapped didn't tell us where the guns in NYC were coming from

yea

but I think most of em are bought at gun shows thru private sales where there's no paperwork so it can't be traced back to them

 

[Sony Montana]

@Hellczar

 

[SeaSnake]

@Hellczar

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Lol I think this is a 50/50 thing

 

[IceManKamReturns]

What are they gonna do, press a button and every gun in the vicinity self destructs lol? The U in the USA hasn’t been a thing since the pilgrims touched down and started forming colonies….those dudes didn’t even really fuck with each other until a bigger threat emerged

 

[SeaSnake]

What are they gonna do, press a button and every gun in the vicinity self destructs lol? The U in the USA hasn’t been a thing since the pilgrims touched down and started forming colonies….those dudes didn’t even really fuck with each other until a bigger threat emerged

True

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

 

[#1hiphopjunki3]

Not surprised about any of this.

 

[SeaSnake]

100 Night Vision Goggles just announced missing at Ft Hood.

yo I stay hearing about weird shit there.

 

[SneakDZA]

The agency’s strategy is to figure out where the guns are coming from, making gun training crucial.


“If we start to see a particular individual that has purchased numerous firearms and those firearms are showing up in crimes, we can use that information to proactively investigate that individual,” Mein said.

LOL. I can tell them exactly where the guns are coming from. There's whole multimillion dollar companies making and selling those shits. They not hiding.

 

[#1hiphopjunki3]

That lego Gloc is crazy though.