In a city of 8.6 million people, in a country flooded with guns, this is pretty incredible. New York is getting something very, very right.https://twitter.com/patrick_sharkey/status/1052542751911407616 …
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In 1990, New York City had 2,245 murders. Last year? 290. (The city's population grew by 1.3 million in that time.)pic.twitter.com/jWktiV5YFc
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Replying to @Noahpinion
All, if you're interested in this debate, FYI: I started a website, FB group and small organization dedicated to studying gun violence in Ch back when I was working at UC. I could not *believe* the amount of violent threats that started pouring into my inbox. 1/
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I got dozens of threats from people. I wouldn't say that any of them were really credible. I didn't call the police or anything, but there were people on Facebook who didn't even bother to hide their identity who would threaten violence.
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I mean, why did you get threats? Who were the threat-makers and why did they care?
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I used FB ads to grow the group. I suppose that they saw them and told me what to do with my little advocacy group. Purely anecdotally: most were gun nuts Several "liked" gun manufacturers, posed with guns, etc (the ones who didn't hide their identities.)
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