NEW YORKERS are at least four times as likely to be punched to death than to be killed with an assault-style rifle, unpublished state crime statistics show.
The eye-opening figures — obtained by The Post from the state Division of Criminal Justice Services — reveal that New Yorkers are also at least twice as likely to be clubbed to death than shot dead by an attacker wielding one of the semi-automatic rifles previously covered by a federal government ban that expired last week.
The most recent statewide statistics — murder-by-weapon-type figures from 2002 — also show that New Yorkers are at least five times as likely to be stabbed to death with a knife than they are to be shot with an assault rifle.
But those guns are scary looking! Think of the children!
To the mounting horror of the world, the United States of America is relentlessly bringing about the systematic destruction of a small, unthreatening nation for no good reason. Why has this not gripped the conscience of this country?
The answer goes beyond Bush to the 60-year history of an accidental readiness to destroy the earth, a legacy with which we Americans have yet to reckon.
This is apparently considered a reasonable viewpoint in Old Media. Is there some way this cannot be considered anti-American? Why does anyone still trust or respect these people?
Remember this
we still can’t find a single American who voted for Al Gore in 2000 who is planning to vote for George Bush in 2004
from ABC News?
Now, via Pejman we have this poll for NY State
Nearly a quarter of the state’s Democrats now say they will vote for Bush.
Is there any chance that ABC News can find one of those elusive former Gore voters, or is this just the quarter of New York’s Democrats who voted for Bush in 2000?