The Brady Bunch is touting this article (note – NY Times. NY City. Bloomberg.) Never mind the fact that the article really is about bureaucracy-related issues, using guns as an example (because guns are what they fight) — only the numbers cited.
10 of 2400 felonies in NC were murders; 8 of them used a gun. 8/2400 = 0.003333. HUGE percentage, eh?
200 permit holders were convicted of gun- “or weapon-” related felonies. Note the addition of all other classes of weapons. Remember that US courts have upheld that a cup of soda and ice can be a weapon.
900 permit holders were convicted of drunk driving. Of how many drunk-driving convictions total? Were any of those permit holders actually carrying while intoxicated (BTW, it’s illegal in NC to carry while you have any alcohol in your system)?
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*Note the NYTimes has to travel to another state to do investigative reporting that matches the point of view they wish to present.
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