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I guess there are purposes to have rifles and guns for hunting and everything, says tom galati, chief of the departments intelligence bureau. Gun rights groups hope this case will give the new conservative majority of the supreme court a vehicle for rolling back new yorks gun control laws. Damon martin in the 75th precinct field intelligence office, where the walls are covered with photos of seized illegal guns. A collection of articles about gun violence from the new yorker, including news, indepth reporting, commentary, and analysis.
Business and the making of american gun culture by pamela haag. I dont think we know whether it is the gun laws in new york city or it is the enforcement of those laws or it is some third possibility that is driving the low rates of gun violence, says thomas abt, a senior fellow at harvard kennedy school and author of the book bleeding out. Gun violence news, opinion, and analysisthe new yorker. About 20,000 people kill themselves with handguns every year.
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