Steve Chapman on Demolishing Guns and Common Sense

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Steve Chapman on Demolishing Guns and Common Sense

"In the course of their duties, Chicago police come into possession of all sorts of contraband: jewelry, video games, bicycles, cars. They sell the stuff through online auctions that are open to the public. They also confiscate some 10,000 firearms each year, with an estimated value of $2 million. They sell them and put the $2 million through a shredder. Just kidding, writes Steve Chapman. It would be insane to shred large stacks of perfectly good money. What they actually do is destroy the guns. That way, there's no money to destroy. At a time when the city of Chicago has reduced the size of the police force because of budget pressures, Chapman notes, you'd think it would not lightly forgo such a handsome sum. But it does."

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Why Do Murderers Use Three Names?

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Why Do Murderers Use Three Names?

"I found this article today from Slate.com and found it very interesting. The question they posed – Why do so many murderers use all three of their names? I always thought it was the media that referred to these criminals in this way as a means to prevent mistaken identity. While that is partly true, it’s interesting to me that many “famous” murderers used all three of their names to refer to themselves before they ever committed a crime."

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