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De Blasio at a loss on gun surge
New York Post ^ | Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 | Beth DeFalco, Jamie Schram and Bruce Golding

Posted on 09/20/2013 7:46:23 AM PDT by canuck_conservative

Mayoral front-runner Bill de Blasio offered no real solution Thursday when confronted with statistics revealing an alarming rise in gun violence that followed a federal judge’s ruling against the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program.

The Democratic nominee opposes the practice, but when asked point blank how he intends to keep the city safe, he would speak only in generalities.

“We must restore the relationship between the police and community,” he said without explaining how that could be accomplished....

De Blasio’s November opponent, Republican Joe Lhota, took a much stronger stance.

He said Scheindlin’s ruling — along with two anti-stop-and-frisk laws enacted over Mayor Bloomberg’s veto — was “handcuffing the police.”

“I stood right here [at City Hall], and I said that these actions will actually — you will see crime increase,” said Lhota, a former MTA chair and a deputy mayor under Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

“We’ve seen shootings go up. We’ve seen killings go up. And it’s directly related to the fact that all of these bills, all of these actions, have had a chilling effect upon the Police Department.”....

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: banglist; crime; deblasio; democrats; democratutopia; guncontrol; newyorkmayor; secondamendment; stopandfrisk
Lively debate going on in the Post's comments section.

At least nobody in the mayoral race will get a free unexamined ride into office, like Obama did.

1 posted on 09/20/2013 7:46:23 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

DeBlasio - always a Duh moment


2 posted on 09/20/2013 7:52:15 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: canuck_conservative

The ONLY thing”Closer”than”Stop and Frisk”is a cop asking you out on a date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


3 posted on 09/20/2013 8:22:24 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: canuck_conservative

Liberals live in a world ‘bubble’ of what ought to be. When the real world intrudes and bursts the bubble by demonstrating what the truth IS, they are shocked and speechless. Then, they go back to what they know; their ‘blame guns’ mantra. It never changes. Stupid is as stupid does.


4 posted on 09/20/2013 8:30:55 AM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: MasterGunner01

what are the type of people who live in NYC?

is there census data?


5 posted on 09/20/2013 8:33:51 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: canuck_conservative
By remaining north of the border, you have missed the real story, eh? But no problem FRozen FReeper FRiend, so has the MSM!

Since the American electorate in its infinite wisdom elected and re-elected a gay Chicago community organizer, a disbarred lawyer from Kenya or somewhere (maybe even Vancouver, eh) as our POTUS, those who are on his team solely because of melanistic percentages, have gone kind of hog wild and gun crazy all over the country.

The natives are restless. Why? All they got from the guy who claimes he could have been Trayvon's Dad was hope and change, eh? But the change is for worse in their government subsidized so-called lives, and their hopes have been dashed.

Must be Whitey's Fault. So, no Stop and Frisk.

6 posted on 09/20/2013 8:39:26 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk ( "Obama, The Movie" Introducing Reggie Love as "Monica! ")
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To: canuck_conservative

De Blasio at a loss.

Period.


7 posted on 09/20/2013 9:35:37 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: canuck_conservative

Mr. Wilhelm is always at a loss.


8 posted on 09/20/2013 10:34:49 AM PDT by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: MasterGunner01

libs
some are stupid
some are evil
most are both


9 posted on 09/20/2013 12:16:00 PM PDT by genghis
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To: canuck_conservative

I have zero use for the republican or whoever the above is. Stop and frisk is blatantly unconstitutional. Preventing citizens from owning and
carrying guns is both unconstitutional and immoral. If the GOP supports fascist police state policy, then forget them.


10 posted on 09/20/2013 9:18:43 PM PDT by Jack Black ( Whatever is left of American patriotism is now identical with counter-revolution.)
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I have zero use for the republican or whoever the above is. Stop and frisk is blatantly unconstitutional. Preventing citizens from owning and
carrying guns is both unconstitutional and immoral. If the GOP supports fascist police state policy, then forget them.


11 posted on 09/20/2013 9:24:01 PM PDT by Jack Black ( Whatever is left of American patriotism is now identical with counter-revolution.)
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