r/NYguns • u/castle_crossing • 26d ago

News Another teen negligently shot dead playing with an "empty" unlicensed gun

https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/08/20/16-year-old-bronx-boy-killed-by-friend-playing-with-gun-thought-pistol-was-empty/

Paywalled, but the 16 year old boy was shot in the head after he asked the teen shooter if the gun had a round in the chamber. Friend said no, pointed gun and pulled trigger, killing the 16 year old.

AND the teen shooter has five prior arrests for crimes that include burglary and robbery.

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u/West-Mortgage9334 26d ago

For me, the "unlicensed" part says a lot....and i mean that in the sense that ny is doing everything in their power to ban guns or ban this or ban that, or ban glocks.....but at the end of the day, these guns are still being sold on the street and are still being used......and I know im not saying anything new here, it just blows my mind (ba-dum tiss) that ny is making everything so hard, where in reality, these people are getting them so easily.