Saturday, March 15, 2008

Illegal Guns Are Going, Going … But Not Gone

The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reported that 16% fewer guns were recovered in New York City in 2007 than 2006. Almost 6,000 pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, derringers, machine guns, destructive devices and others in total were collected. Their belief is that the reduced number means that there are fewer guns in the "bad guys" hands. I hope they're right but their conjecture is improvable. less guns on the streets? Maybe we could check with the city’s street cleaners for the real scoop.

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