Biden Vows To Break NYC's 'Iron Pipeline' Of Guns

NEW YORK CITY — A gun-soaked "sea of violence" will stop on New York City's shores, pledged President Joe Biden and Mayor Eric Adams.

Biden visited the city Thursday for a high-profile meeting with Adams amid a resurgent wave of shootings, including one that claimed the lives of two NYPD officers.

Vivid metaphors — "sea of violence," "iron pipeline," "ghost guns" — filled the air during the pair's appearance at NYPD headquarters, where they were flanked by Gov. Kathy Hochul and the city's congressional delegation.

Adams, who dubbed himself the "Biden of Brooklyn," praised the president's redoubled commitment to fighting gun violence.

“There are many rivers, as you stated, that feed the sea of violence,” he said, turning to Biden. “We must dam every river.”

Biden unveiled a national crackdown on unregistered "ghost guns" — a recent scourge that has caused growing concerns from city and state officials. Confiscations of those untraceable ghost guns in the city surged 700 percent, officials said.

He also highlighted recent efforts to halt the "iron pipeline" — the term for the flow of illegal guns into big cities — and said his administration will help every major city form collaborative groups such as the Gun Violence Strategies Partnership, which meeting they were attending.

"Every day here in New York City, like this meeting today, federal, state and local enforcement meet to share intelligence about arrests, shootings in the day before and work to take those shooters off the street as quickly as possible," he said. "Just look around. This what partnership looks like, and this is what you put together, and it's an important partnership. We need more cities adopting the same model."

Adams recounted how Biden, during a previous meeting on guns in the Oval Office, looked into his eyes and asked, "What can we do?"

The mayor said all levels of government needed a "9/11 response" to gun violence.

“Mr. President, Eric Adams is reporting for duty, ready to serve,” he said.

Watch the meeting here.