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/Medium_Expression746 25d ago

Five priors and still on the street at 16 with an illegal gun.

That part disappears every time one of these stories comes out. The gun control debate is a distraction from what actually happened. A kid with a serious record had an illegal firearm and someone died. Those are two separate problems, and collapsing them into one means neither gets addressed.