Read and understand and abide by the second amendment. End of discussion.
Sorry, Jim, way too simplistic. I can’t let you off that easy, with all due respect.
You’ve been placed in charge of a racially and economically diverse city, of 8 or 9 million. You’re in charge of the police force. People are dying around you. You have to take practical measures with the existing laws to change them and reduce crime.
The world we live in is highly complex. To navigate this reality with competence is the essence of wisdom.
Here’s another “for instance”: In NYC, as Mayor, would you allow anyone without a criminal record to own any kind of gun they desired? Would they have to register it? What restrictions, if any, would you place an ownership and registration (you can say ‘none’ if you like)? Do
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Great thread, Jim. Nice resource. Pay no attention to the naysayers.
Now as for "reducing crime" let's look at what gun-grabbing RINO-Rooty actually did (as compared to what he wants us to think he did):
The NYC murder/crime rate "looked like" it fell through the floor during Rooty's mayoral tenure.
However, Rudy manipulated the figures by juggling the way NYC compiled crime statistics.
For instance, Rooty elevated adolescent pranks like window-breaking to the status of a crime. Since breaking windows occurs much more frequently, the stats looked lower for crimes like murder (when compared to window-breaking).
When the juggled crime stats started looking good, then-police chief William Bratton became a media darling, lionized by the NY elite, invited to all the A-list parties. Mayor Giussolini was incensed that Bratton was getting all the attention-----the little emperor summarily fired Bratton to get him out of the way.
Bratton became LA's police chief---man, if only he'd talk, what stories we'd hear about Emperor Rooty.
“Read and understand and abide by the second amendment. End of discussion.”
(chuckle)
Indeed.