Posted May 27, 2015 9:00 pm by Comments

By Robert Farago

Crime scene, the Bronx  (courtesy nytimes.com)

Talk about misleading. First of all, who is the “you” of whom they speak? Methinks the people shooting and being shot in Manhattan aren’t the kind of people who matter – in the mainstream media scheme of things. Odds are they’re part of the city’s gang/drug trade, which employs (if that’s the right word) tens of thousands of people and generates tens of millions of dollars in revenue. More (or less) than that, this seemingly staggering increase in homicides is a percentage – of a small number. Here are the stats . . .

Sixteen people were killed around the borough between the first of the year and Sunday. Over the same period last year, the figure was 11. That’s an increase of about 45 percent.

Shootings in the borough have also soared.

There have been 50 “shooting incidents” since Jan. 1, compared with 31 in the same time period in 2014 — an increase of about 38 percent. Some of these “incidents” involved more than one victim.

The number of shooting victims nearly doubled, from 33 to 61.

Wait. Not in Manhattan. “Around the borough” (of which there are five). Sigh. Did someone say never let a crisis – however manufactured – go to …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns

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