At the moment, our patrol officers responded to a radio run and eliminated these unlawful firearms from our streets. Nice work by our officers for his or her fast response and dedication to protecting our group secure! pic.twitter.com/Fze570oBo7
— NYPD a hundred and fifteenth Precinct (@NYPD115Pct) March 7, 2026
The New York Police Division has misplaced its collective thoughts, particularly at its a hundred and fifteenth Precinct, which is accountable for protecting a portion of Queens and LaGuardia Airport secure, sane and safe.
The commanding officer, Deputy Inspector David Cordano, just lately posted a photograph of two shotguns and about 60 shells on his precinct’s X web page. The weapons are nothing particular: a semi-auto and an over-under. The shells embody birdshot and slugs. However it’s Cordano’s caption that has me scratching my head.
“At the moment, our patrol officers responded to a radio run and eliminated these unlawful firearms from our streets,” Cordano posted on X. “Nice work by our officers for his or her fast response and dedication to protecting our group secure!”
Though I haven’t had a badge in my billfold for fairly some time, I nonetheless have to say this to Deputy Inspector Cordano: For those who really imagine your group is definitely put in danger by weapons like these, you, sir, are prepared for the rubber-gun squad.
His X put up actually raises quite a lot of questions:
Why are these shotguns thought of unlawful?
Why have been they seized?
How did these two shotguns make a complete precinct unsafe?
How does somebody like Cordano earn greater than $212,000 per yr and command a complete NYPD precinct?
Sadly, we could by no means get solutions to those questions. Cordano didn’t reply to calls or messages left at his precinct searching for an interview.
Too blue
NYPD’s notorious CompStat report reveals that the a hundred and fifteenth Precinct is a secure place to stay or run a enterprise. The precinct hasn’t had a latest homicide. Robberies and burglaries are down too, as are grand larcenies.
Why, then, is NYPD so freaked out about a few shotguns? The reply is straightforward. The NYPD is the bluest police division within the bluest metropolis of one in all our bluest states.
I might guess that the overwhelming majority of all NYPD officers by no means even touched an actual firearm till after they joined the division and have been despatched to the vary. In any case, weapons and gun homeowners are dangerous, proper?
Take a look at the acute lengths one needed to take, along with all the cash one wanted to spend, simply to acquire a allow to easily possess a firearm inside metropolis limits. For many years that problem trebled or quadrupled if a civilian really wished to hold a hid firearm legally.
This too-blue-flu has contaminated all of the cops and particularly their prime brass. They’re scared of contemporary firearms and trendy firearm homeowners—scared of them, in actual fact.
Whereas issues have solely just lately improved considerably, when in comparison with a free metropolis of a free state, New York Metropolis stays far beneath the curve. In reality, NYPD’s excessive anti-gun angle solely advantages the dangerous guys, as a result of they’ve by no means as soon as fearful about permits or some other authorized nicety. Not having to fret about whether or not their victims could also be armed solely empowers and advantages these criminals.
For those who want proof, evaluate crime within the Huge Apple to any free state. For instance, take a look at Florida, the place we’re nonetheless celebrating constitutional carry. We actually have crime in Florida, and at occasions it may be dangerous. Nevertheless, not like New York Metropolis, law-abiding Floridians have the precise and talent to struggle again.
Apart from, cops in a free state would by no means put up pics of a pair shotguns. They’d be too busy returning them to their rightful proprietor.
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About Lee Williams
Lee Williams, who’s also referred to as “The Gun Author,” is the chief editor of the Second Modification Basis’s Investigative Journalism Undertaking. Till just lately, he was additionally an editor for a day by day newspaper in Florida. Earlier than turning into an editor, Lee was an investigative reporter at newspapers in three states and a U.S. Territory. Earlier than turning into a journalist, he labored as a police officer. Earlier than turning into a cop, Lee served within the Military. He’s earned greater than a dozen nationwide journalism awards as a reporter, and three medals of valor as a cop. Lee is an avid tactical shooter.
