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Jewish World Review
August 26, 2013/ 20 Elul, 5773
A thug tells us how to stop gun trafficking
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Dave Ross
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How often does a thug tell us how we could have stopped him from getting his gun?
On TheAtlantic.com a convicted murderer named John Lennon, (like the Beatle) --- who's serving 28 years to life in New York's Attica prison for killing a fellow thug, revealed how to do it.
He says gun runners typically get a druggie, who needs cash, to buy guns in some unregulated southern state. He or she then takes a bus to New York and then sells them for more drug money.
How do you stop that? Intense background checks. Really investigate purchasers. Not the silly little form they have now.
Number two, track credit cards. When a person who's never bought a gun suddenly buys five at once, investigate.
Number three, understand that many people who report their guns stolen actually sold them. They lie.
John says he always bought a new gun after each crime; he didn't go around stealing them.
And a certain New York mayor would add one more measure to that list, "Wire-tapped conversations from this investigation show that one of the gun-trafficker's biggest concerns was 'Stop, question, frisk.'"
Which brings me to the news conference Mayor Bloomberg held Wednesday.
This is what it looks like when a city gets serious about stopping illegal guns. In this latest case, a rapper named Michael Best --- one of his catchier songs is titled "Shoot 'em, Stab 'em, Rob 'em, Kill 'em."
Mr. Best posted Instagram photos of guns and cash and said he had a little weapons business going at his recording studio.
Pretty soon, New York undercover cops became his best customers and ended up busting a couple of gun runners who, just like our murderer friend said, were importing guns from the deregulated states of Dixieland.
"The percentage of guns used in crimes that are brought here from out-of-state had increased from 85 to 90 percent," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Two of the top sources for criminal gun crimes in New York are North Carolina and South Carolina."
Police commissioner Ray Kelley arranged the arsenal on a big table.
"All told, 254 illegal guns were recovered in this investigation. The mayor said this is the biggest firearms take-down in the nation's history."
Two hundred forty-three handguns, nine rifles, and two shotguns. Nineteen people under arrest.
It occurs to me that since wiretaps, Internet posts, and credit card tracking seem to be the keys to interrupting this particular illegal gun pipeline, it might be a perfect job for the NSA. It might win them a little redemption.
And by using their hi-tech efforts to more precisely target the bad guys, it might even make some of the stopping and frisking unnecessary.
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Comment by clicking here. Dave Ross hosts the Morning News on Seattle's KIRO Radio weekdays from 5-9 a.m. He spends his down time tinkering with electronic projects, writing novelty songs, shopping at thrift stores, and playing squash. As an avid hiker, he's earned the title Energizer Bunny from his friends; while they all stop to see stuff along the trail, Dave keeps going and going and going. He enjoys traveling internationally for work and pleasure with memorable stops in Baghdad, Qatar, Israel, Prague, Germany (to cover the Berlin Wall), China, Soviet Union, Niger, Senegal, and Iran.
You can listen to his daily column in audio format by clicking here.
Previously:
• 08/23/13 The better to see you with, Mr. Bad guy
• 08/22/13 The latest outburst of anarchy
• 08/21/13 Send al Qeda to crime ridden cities?
• 08/20/13 How honeybees are keeping men out of prison
• 08/19/13 Truth about Area 51 finally revealed
• 08/16/13 If you knew how much it cost to raise a child
• 08/15/13 The voice in the nursery
• 08/14/13 When license plates speak
• 08/13/13 The plant that wouldn't die
• 08/12/13 Class warfare at 35,000 feet is just fine
• 08/09/13 Want a good night's sleep? Become homeless
• 08/08/13 When eating too healthy becomes a problem
• 08/07/13 The Die Phone
• 08/06/13 Can't afford a doctor or medicine? There's always the Placebo App
• 08/05/13 Car prowlers taught lesson with call to mom
© 2013, Dave Ross
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