![]() They're the ones we need if we're going to stop this. Sharpton: I think that government sometimes fears bringing in the A.T. If anyone knows on the ground how they think, how they work and are hurting our community, it's somebody like A.T. ![]() Sharpton: There were always an element in the community that was noisy, saying, "Don't help the cops," but we were also holding the cops accountable. You and I came along together for the last 35 years, including where we would go paint red X's on crack houses to show where they're selling crack. Sharpton: Following that up, I think it's important to commend you for bringing to this position. And so, the partnership of bringing government with a person who's on the ground to assure the proper alignment as we prevent crime and have intervention to deal with those dangerous individuals on our streets, which, mind you, is a small number of repeated offenders that we need to finally go after. for over 30 something years, almost close to 40 years, he has been in this work. He's always been my gun czar, but his official title as a co-chair of the task force is crucial. That is why Andre is playing such a major role. Mayor Adams: And it's a holistic approach. ![]() And so, with resources, that seems to be the best approach to dealing with that issue. It's unfortunate that young people in communities across the country have more access to guns than they do jobs, opportunities. Mitchell, Co-chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force: Well, what I've found over my career is that we pour more resources into those neighborhoods where those unfortunate guns have made their way. What about handgun violence? What are solutions that you've found over your career work?Ī.T. Some Democrats want to ban them altogether. Geist: So what are some solutions to that problem? We're focused right now on the AR-15 and maybe raising the age. That was the point the mayor was trying to make yesterday up on Capitol Hill. But as you and the mayor know all too well, most of the gun violence, most of the gun deaths in this country come through handguns. Mitchell, obviously in the wake of shootings like the one we saw in Uvalde or the one we saw in Buffalo, the focus is on the semi-automatic rifle and the AR-15. You saw the San Francisco residents saying, "We don't want to live this way." ![]() They are shooting at each other, and caught in the middle are the everyday New Yorkers and Americans that are tired of this over proliferation of guns, and we should all take heed of what happened in San Francisco. Then you have a small number that's on the far left that believes we should not hold people accountable after committing crimes. Something I think is taking place in America, and in New York, you have the numerical minority that are on the far right trying to put guns in the hands of everyone. Mayor Eric Adams: I believe we all should. I'm wondering, should New York's own DA and should other members of the City Council, who are standing in your way of getting tough on crime, should they take a message from that election? A year ago, you got elected in another politically progressive bastion, New York City. Yesterday, of course, a progressive DA we recalled in San Francisco. Joe Scarborough: Thank you all so much for being with us. Also joining us for this discussion is the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation, president of the National Action Network, Reverend Al Sharpton. Mitchell, the newly appointed czar of the mayor's Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. Mika Brzezinski: Mayor Adams joins us now alongside Andre T.
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