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- Mike from Inwood is right - "no incredible insights". Truly nothing more than a mundane Gabfest. Emily Bazelon especially is an esoteric shrill bore. I tried it out for a while - but it's just plain yuppie boring......... Dump this show quick before anyone finds out about it.
- The CDC reports over 55% of gun-related deaths are suicides. The Journal of Criminal Law reports gun violence is more prevelant in poor urban areas - gang violence involving young adult males or juveniles. The FBI reports that 75% of gun homicides involved a handgun.
The NYSDOCS reports that felons who committed murder have the lowest rate of recidivism. Philip J Cook reports felons are more likely to die as homicide victims. (By the way, 77% of all persons arrested in the US were white or Hispanic.) The US homicide rate, among the highest in the industrialized world, is roughly the same as in 1968, with the homicide rate at its lowest level since 1964. According to the General Social Survey gun ownership is down from 40% in 1997 to 36.5% in 2004.
The Sex Offender Registry is no deterrent for sex offenses (NYS DCJS reports 9 out of every 10 sex offenses is NOT committed by a sex offender), is a waste of taxpayers dollars, and actually provides a false sense of security. So goes with publishing the addresses of lawful owners of handguns. Adam Lanza's mother lawfully owned the guns used to massacre children. See if you can find the next Adam Lanza's mother on the Journals Permit Map. Then see if you can confiscate the guns alive.
Sometimes Public Radio is nothing more than an elitist faux-alternative to commercial radio. This is one of those times.
