[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 10, 1994)]
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                 HOMICIDES BY GUNSHOT IN NEW YORK CITY

 Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, I rise to announce to the Senate 
that 12 people were killed by gunshot in New York City this past week, 
bringing the annual total to 360. The Senate can do something to stop 
this public health epidemic. I have said many times that guns don't 
kill people, bullets do. Indeed, we need to ban or tax heavily certain 
calibers of handgun ammunition. Recently, the House and Senate have 
taken action on important firearms-related legislation.
  First we passed and President Clinton signed into law the Brady bill. 
Last week, the House passed legislation to ban 19 types of 
semiautomatic assault weapons. I supported this legislation as an 
amendment to the crime bill and urge conferees to include this 
important provision in the conference report to the crime bill.
  Finally, Mr. President, I ask that a partial listing of New York 
assault weapon incidents be printed in the Record at the conclusion of 
my remarks. This listing illustrates the ugly toll that these assault 
weapons have taken in my State.
  The listing follows:

           New York Assault Weapon Incidents--Partial Listing


               officer stares down the muzzle of an AK-47

       Buffalo, April 26, 1994.--A narcotics detective was nearly 
     killed when a suspected drug dealer pointed an AK-47 in his 
     face poised to shoot. A nearby officer fired and narrowly 
     missed the suspect, but saved the officer.


               two thugs open fire on police, tec-9 found

       Brooklyn, April 25, 1994.--A gun battle erupted when two 
     men apparently recognized two plainclothes cops as police 
     officers and opened fire with a TEC-9. The two officers, part 
     of a team of officers involved in an undercover narcotics 
     operation, fortunately escaped unscathed but were treated for 
     trauma. Police returned fire, killing one suspect and 
     wounding a second.


     brooklyn bridge assailant had assault weapons in home arsenal

       New York City, March 1, 1994.--Two men were killed in a 
     drive-by assault on the Brooklyn Bridge believed to have been 
     perpetrated with large-capacity pistols. However, the 
     gunman's home arsenal, recovered by police, included a street 
     sweeper shotgun and an AK-47.


                   high-speed car chase with an ak-47

       Buffalo, March 1, 1994.--A 29-year-old was killed by at 
     least four shots to the body in a high-speed car chase 
     lasting several blocks. Witnesses dove for cover as more than 
     thirty rounds were fired from an AK-47 before the victim's 
     car crashed into a utility pole.


             an argument over stolen speakers ends in death

       Buffalo, February 22, 1994.--A 17-year-old was fatally 
     wounded in a housing project hallway argument over stolen 
     speakers when the man he was arguing with pulled out a MAC-
     10.


             16-year-old and 14-year-old commit carjacking

       Buffalo, January 29, 1994.--A 16-year-old and his 14-year-
     old accomplice perpetrated a carjacking, ``persuading'' the 
     driver to hand over the keys with an AK-47.


               teenager uses ak-47 against queens police

       New York City, June 1989.--Police officers in Queens were 
     fired upon with an AK-47 rifle when responding to a street 
     corner shooting in which a 19-year-old victim was slain by a 
     15-year-old.

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