{"id":6393,"date":"2014-07-02T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6393"},"modified":"2014-06-30T15:07:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T20:07:46","slug":"what-works-and-what-doesnt-state-economies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6393","title":{"rendered":"What Works and What Doesn’t: Gun Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This is part of the script for the latest episode of my podcast, “Consider This!”<\/a>. You can listen to it on the website, or subscribe to it in iTunes<\/a>, Stitcher Radio<\/a>, Blubrry<\/a>, Player.fm<\/a>, or the podcast app of your choice<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

For the month of May, 2013, the number of shooting victims in New York City went up 43%<\/a> vs. May of last year. New mayor Bill deBlasio is proud of this. Well, OK, not the statistic per se, but of the fact that he\u2019s made the New York police force reactive instead of proactive. Sure, 129 people were shot last month, but hey, at least gang-bangers are free from having to be stopped and frisked. I mean really, you have to have your priorities, people!<\/p>\n

OK, here\u2019s the thing. If liberals like deBlasio think that guns are the problem, why are they against getting them off the street? I understand the personal liberty issues, and I think they are worth serious consideration, but was any judgment ever passed on them in this case? If not, the mayor is reaping what he\u2019s sown. Well, actually the citizens of the Big Apple are the ones getting reaped.<\/p>\n

Look into those questions, but meanwhile, if you see what works and what doesn\u2019t, and still<\/i> ignore it, you might be a Democrat. And sure enough, that\u2019s what he is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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