refusing to charge people for gun crimes. is that that people are exercising their constitutional rights. they want to crack down w on the flow of arms to commit violence. that includes taking and shutting down rogue gun dealers at and it s about doing background checks as well as outright selling of that ,ll making sure that people who are not allowed to have a gun don t get the gun in the first place. and again, for any of the press and the press to see, this doesn t violate anybody s second amendment right. there s no violation of the second amendment right. we talk like there s nore amendment. it s an absolute right. so the problem is guns keep in mind in new york city, biden endorsed politicians have stopped enforcing a lot of the gun laws, stop and frisk. remember that was against the equity agenda. can t have that . so peoplee w with illegal guns e
it s about doing background checks. as well as outright selling of making sure that people who are not allowed to have a gun don t get the gun in the first place. again, for any of the press listening, this doesn t violate anybody s second amendment right. there s no violation of the second amendment right. we talk like there s no amendment that s absolute. when the amendment was passed, it didn t say anybody can own a gun and any kind of weapon. you couldn t buy a cannon and when the this amendment was passed. so no reason why it should be able to buy certain assault weapons but that s another issue. and, look, one of the things that we focused on, the attorney general and i, and we re getting to the point where we re going to be able to have a real impact on it, includes going after ghost guns. ghost guns are the guns everyone in this room knows that can be purchased in parts, assembled at
ready to get tough on crime. the president meeting with the mayor erica adams while the country sees a surge in violence. instead of going after liberal policies blamed for the violence, the president focused on guns. president biden: we want to cut down on the foreign firearms used to commit violence. that includes shutting down rogue gun dealers. that s about doing background checks. this doesn t violate anybody s second amendment right. there is no violence , there is no violation of the second amendment rights. there is no amendment that is absolute. it doesn t say anybody can own any kind of gun in any kind of weapon. you couldn t buy a cannon. dana: president biden is trying to reset the defund the police message. president biden: the answer is not to abandon our streets. we are not about defunding. we are about funding and providing the additional services you need to beyond
any of the press this doesn t violate anybody s second amendment right. there s no amendment that s absolute. when the amendment was passed, it didn t say anybody could own a gun and any kind of gun and any kind of weapon. you couldn t buy a cannon when this this amendment was passed, so no reach why you should be able to buy certain assault weapon. but that s another issue. brian: he, of course, attacked the second amendment and that s kind of interesting he sees so much flexibility there. as the new york post points out, he could have called that the extremism in his own party. the cory bushy, mayor garcetti, mayor de blasio. alvin bragg. every member of the squad ayanna pressley called dismantle, defund, reimagining the police and you don t think that plays a role? even for the self-interest of the president and his party you would think that he would, yeah, name guns as the problem. ghost guns major issue.
our city and our country. mayor adams, you see that gun violence is a sea fed by many rivers. well, you know, i put forward a plan to dam up some of those streams. reporter: biden applauding the officer who shot the gunman in a recent ambush that left two new york officers dead. the president is also directing u.s. attorneys nationwide to boost resources for combatting violent crime as the justice department is promising to amp up prosecutions on so-called ghost guns, when a gun is assembled by the user and can t be traced. if you commit a crime with a ghost gun, not only are state and local prosecutors going to come after you, but expect federal charges and federal prosecution as well. this doesn t violate anybody s second amendment right. when the amendment was passed, it didn t say anybody can own a gun and any kind of gun and any kind of weapon. reporter: today s effort, part of a larger attempt by democrats to strike a balance between addressing violent crime and reforming