Tough gun control fail: While US murder rate dropped in 2010 NYC murders up 14%

[lawodevolution]

Bloomberg should be celebrating. His tough gun control measures are really keeping New York City a violence free place. Murders were only up 14% in 2010 while the rest of the US especially the south had significant decreases in murder rate.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/us/24crime.html

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[TPaine7]

2. "sometimes wives have just had enough with the utter idiocy of men"

Yeah, that's the ticket.

[X_Digger]

3. K&R! n/t

[DWC]

4. 'nuff said. n/t

[spin]

5. But New York City doe allow the rich, the famous and the well connected to own and carry guns ...

The Rich, the Famous, the Armed
Published: February 18, 2011

MEN and women. Democrats and Republicans. Doctors, lawyers, merchants and moguls. A remarkable, if relatively small, cross-section of New Yorkers legally own handguns, according to public records obtained by The New York Times.

Among the more than 37,000 people licensed to have a handgun in the city are dozens of boldface names and public figures: prominent business leaders, elected officials, celebrities, journalists, judges and lawyers.

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The 41,164 handguns registered with the Police Department as of Jan. 14 include those owned by more than 2,400 people who live outside the city but have permission to bring their weapons here — people like Roger E. Ailes, the president of Fox News, whose license lists an address in New Jersey; John J. Mack, the chairman of Morgan Stanley, who lives in Westchester County; and Sean Hannity, the conservative talk-show host, who lives on Long Island.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/nyregion/20guns.html?ref=nyregion

[Atypical Liberal]

6. Gun Control - the epitome of anti-Progressive.

The powerful and wealthy will always have access to the means for self-defense, even if they have to hire private security details.

But the average Joe is just left twisting in the wind.