we ve seen record sales in 2020. we ve seen record gun sales eclipsed in 2021. we assume that these are going to increase again in 2022. reporter: new york s police department trying to attack that problem partially by going after so-called ghost guns in the city. guns that are privately made and don t have serial numbers. crimes in subways and other transit hubs have jumped significantly in new york over the past year. you don t even feel safe anymore. this is just you don t know what to do. reporter: new york s mayor eric adams, a former city police officer, vows to turn the crime wave around. this is going to be a safe city. and we ve been here before. reporter: but experts warn of another possible spike as the weather gets warmer. more people are outside. that s more interaction. with more people on the street, that gives criminals, what? more opportunities. hey, there s somebody i can rob. hey, you are riding around in your nice vehicle with your windows down listeni
progressive prosecutors in major u.s. cities now playing defense. some of the d.a.s blame the media for copycat crimes like smash and grab robberies. critics, however, blame them for no bail and less jail policies. when you think chicago, people are afraid. it s like it s a death zone. nationwide, police faced a 50% increase in physical assaults this year. and 24% increase in gun fatalities. this is taking an incredible toll. no surprise this year is on pace for record gun sales and that fear of crime goes to the polls next year as voters seek to answer the question has the pendulum swung too far to the left do and americans want it to return in the other direction? bret? bret: william, thank you. a fresh round of negotiations underway in vienna, iranian officials are meeting with five world powers today trying to restore the tattered 2015
The shortage has been attributed to many factors, most of them related to the explosion of gun ownership in the United States since the pandemic began.