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Less People Getting Straight-Up Murdered in Brooklyn Since 1963
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Roshow | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 3:00PM
Roshow | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 3:00PM 
Clocking in at 195 murders, 2011 takes home the prize for the least amount of murders in Brooklyn since 1963. I mean, it’s only taken us almost 50 years, but fuck yeah, people! The last time you were so unlikely to get murdered in Brooklyn, the fucking Beatles hadn’t even played Ed Sullivan.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly made the announcement this Saturday at this year’s first gun buy-back program in the Bedford Central Presbyterian Church. The NYPD/Clergy Gun Buy-Back program, which, you know, buys guns back from people, began in 2008 and has taken over 7,600 firearms off the street. The Commissioner believes the concerted effort to get guns off the street are a big part of the reduced murder rate (fun fact: most of those 1963 crimes were committed with knives, so he may actually be on to something).
So... does this mean it’s easier to deal with the tough economy by selling your guns to the cops than using them to rob bodegas and liquor stores? If so, that’s pretty awesome, actually.
And where does Park Slope fall on this list of low murder rates? The 78th Precinct reported zero fucking murders in 2011. This should leave them more time for their sponsorship of our little league. I’ll see you at the Prospect Park baseball fields, folks.
Late at night.
While wearing my most expensive shit.
Because I’m less likely to get murdered than ever!
[Via Park Slope Patch]
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly made the announcement this Saturday at this year’s first gun buy-back program in the Bedford Central Presbyterian Church. The NYPD/Clergy Gun Buy-Back program, which, you know, buys guns back from people, began in 2008 and has taken over 7,600 firearms off the street. The Commissioner believes the concerted effort to get guns off the street are a big part of the reduced murder rate (fun fact: most of those 1963 crimes were committed with knives, so he may actually be on to something).
So... does this mean it’s easier to deal with the tough economy by selling your guns to the cops than using them to rob bodegas and liquor stores? If so, that’s pretty awesome, actually.
And where does Park Slope fall on this list of low murder rates? The 78th Precinct reported zero fucking murders in 2011. This should leave them more time for their sponsorship of our little league. I’ll see you at the Prospect Park baseball fields, folks.
Late at night.
While wearing my most expensive shit.
Because I’m less likely to get murdered than ever!
[Via Park Slope Patch]
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