Crime down? Electric cars good? The truth about cars and guns

The Coast News ^ | Sep 18, 2012 | Bill Gunderson

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...Let’s look at guns.

After a recent spate of violent crime in downtown Baltimore, much of it caught on video, a crime reporter lamented at the over reaction, saying “crime statistics are down” but people just don’t know it.

To quote the poet: Something is happening here and you don’t know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones.

The “something” here is crime. There’s a lot more of it happening than reporters know or write about.

Occasionally this information escapes through the politically correct veil: The New York Times is just one of several large papers in the country to write a story about how police are refusing to take reports on some violent crimes.

A recent federal report says more than half of violent crimes are not reported — 20 percent of which are because people do not believe the police will do anything about it...

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"But gun owners are seeing a big increase in mob violence in cities throughout the country, and also wondering why the newspapers are so eager to ignore it and the police to willing to explain it away."

[Wingy]

HEY!! HEY!!! Shut up over there! Can’t you see that we of the Fourth Estate are busy giving you dregs all the information you need? We need quiet! It’s tough making all this stuff up.