New Jersey’s Anti-Gun Delusions Continue Apace

By Robert Farago

“IN NEWS that flew slightly under the radar this week, a report published in The Record showed that gun confiscations in Paterson had jumped by roughly 70 percent last year, a promising sign amid more disturbing headlines about a rash of fatal shootings,” northjersey.com’s editorial Getting the Guns reminds readers. Seventy percent! Holy cop stop, Batman! Yes Robin, but I remind you once again to follow your math teacher’s advice. Examine the absolute numbers involved rather than simply accept a percentage increase as a sign of a significant trend. Gosh Batman, you’re right! I keep doing that. How many guns are we talking about? Well, old chum . . .

As Joe Malinconico of the Paterson Press reports, statistics compiled by the state police show that the number of guns seized by authorities in the city went from 94 in 2013 to 162 last year. Only Newark, with 331 gun seizures, and Trenton, with 163, ranked ahead of Paterson in 2014.

Despite northjersey.com’s underlying, unspoken assumption that 162 fewer guns in Paterson, New Jersey equals less crime, I remain unconvinced that the haul had any appreciable effect on the Paterson’s crime rate – <a class="colorbox" href="http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/11/interactive_map_fbi_crime_statistics_in_new_jersey.html" target="_blank" …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns