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When the Supreme Court struck down New York’s concealed carry law in 2022, DA Gonzalez, like many law enforcement officials, was worried about the impact the decision could have on public safety — and redoubled his office’s efforts to keep our communities safe.

Two years after that watershed ruling, known as Bruen, DA Gonzalez spoke with PBS NewsHour about his remaining concerns and his strategies in light of the changing legal landscape.

He noted that Brooklyn has long been at the forefront of stopping the use of illegal weapons, which mostly originate from states with lax gun laws, as evident in a recent buyback in Crown Heights.

“Seventy percent of the guns recovered in Brooklyn after crime basically come from three or four Southern states,” DA Gonzalez said outside the successful event, where 100 firearms were turned in. “And they continue to come. So these buybacks allow us also to kind of understand how guns are moving in our city.”

His comments were made with gun violence trending down in New York City with a 19 percent decline in murder and a 31 percent decline in shooting incidents since Bruen was decided. Watch the full segment on PBS.

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