(Yet Another) Times Square Gun Control Fail

The Supreme Court said In NYSRPA v. Bruen that NYC couldn’t turn the island of Manhattan into a gun-free zone. City leaders did what they could, though, including declaring Times Square a “sensitive place”, yet this past weekend there was another shooting in the heart of the city. 

Three people were shot on August 9, 2025 in the district even though it’s a gun-free-zone.

From Reuters, a 17-year-old male was taken into custody by the New York Police Department. A NYPD spokesperson said that three people were shot and they’re in stable condition.

The particulars surrounding the altercation are not fully known other than there was an alleged argument that ensued between the attacker and one of the victims. What got completely ignored by Reuters is that firearm possession is not allowed in that district, but they had no issues pointing out some other things.

“The incident at one of New York’s most iconic tourist spots comes after July’s high-profile shooting in a Manhattan office tower, which left four people dead including a senior Blackstone executive and an NYPD officer,” the report stated.

One would think with all the precautions and restrictions that an event like this would not be able to occur, and yet it did. This was a total systemic failure of the progressive agenda and proves the point pro-liberty people have been making for years; only the law-abiding will follow the laws.

The reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal, Alexandra Sarabia and Ananya Palyekar with editing by Mark Potter was fairly straightforward. Which, why it took three people to put together a 207 word report, including the dateline, is perplexing. However, the trio along with an editor could not help themselves without interjecting this:

Mass shootings are relatively common in the United States, where guns are widely available.

So much for unbiased reporting. These alleged “mass shootings” are common according to who? What statistics were Jaiswal, Sarabia, and Plyekar leaning on? There’s no citation. And this further would make me ask how can their editor, Mr. Potter, allow a statement, without any facts to back up the claim, be allowed to go to print?

The story of this shooting has so much failure rolled up into one. New York’s policies being impotent is the first failure. And the second is that the 173-year-old news agency should know better than to put out such rhetoric without backing.

I generally take pleasure in seeing a Reuters story pop up because they’re centralist. For MSS they may have a slight left lean, obviously, depending on the topic. If you want just news, Reuters is not bad about keeping to the facts — for the most part. Since the agency is headquartered in the U.K., perhaps some of that gross hoplophobia popped into this report.

The authors had no issue observing that “New York experienced record-low shooting incidents and victims in the first seven months of this year,” but in the prior breath talked about the proliferation of so-called mass shootings. We have some words for this kind of thinking in Jersey and they start with “Get the . . . .” and end with “outta here.”

One thing that they did nail is that the mayoral race will be focusing on crime. New York was a family-friendly fun destination in, through and beyond the late 90s, until former mayor de Blasio turned it back into a crime ridden cesspool. It’s been floundering, at best, since. It pains me to say, but the city might be improving a little under Mayor Adams, but that’s in comparison to what ole Warren Wilhelm Jr. did to the Big Apple.

What can be said for sure is that Times Square’s “no guns allowed” signs did nothing to stop this shooting from having occurred. New York’s policies and laws have failed to keep the people safe and they ought to finally admit that.

Editor’s Note: New York City’s gun laws aren’t keeping people safe, but they are keeping people from being able to lawfully protect themselves with a gun. 

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