mikeyp
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Someone please do something
New York City has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the country, at least if you’re an adult. Caught carrying a gun without a license? If you’re over 18, you could be looking at a mandatory prison sentence. If you’re a juvenile, on the other hand, the chances are you’ll get off with a slap on the wrist and a quick visit to juvenile detention.
Take the case of Brandon Perez. The 15-year old is now charged with fatally stabbing 17-year old Ethan Borges in mid-September, but as Borges’ family has detailed, Perez was already on the radar of local law enforcement and the courts thanks to several recent incidents.
NYC Pols Want Consequences For Kids Caught With Guns
And they're demanding the state do
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New York City has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the country, at least if you’re an adult. Caught carrying a gun without a license? If you’re over 18, you could be looking at a mandatory prison sentence. If you’re a juvenile, on the other hand, the chances are you’ll get off with a slap on the wrist and a quick visit to juvenile detention.
Take the case of Brandon Perez. The 15-year old is now charged with fatally stabbing 17-year old Ethan Borges in mid-September, but as Borges’ family has detailed, Perez was already on the radar of local law enforcement and the courts thanks to several recent incidents.
Brandon Perez had racked up four arrests — including two for possession of a loaded gun — in the course of 10 months before he was nabbed Saturday in the Sept. 17 murder of Ethan Borges.
The slain teen’s uncle said Perez, 15, shouldn’t have been out in the first place.
“If you don’t lock this kid up — who you know is a dirtbag and has no respect for you or the law or anyone — he’s going to be back out in the street before you’re finished fingerprinting him,” Michael Petry told The Post.
Perez has a grand larceny arrest from November and a gun possession case in December — both in the Bronx, sources said.
His second most recent bust was on Sept. 4 for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in Manhattan.
And he has a sealed arrest for grand larceny, sources said.
The accused killer is being prosecuted as a juvenile in his older cases, which are being handled in Family Court, according to sources and court officials.