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| NY Gov Ends 10 yr/$44m Gun Cartridge ID System Utter Failure |
| 2012-01-24 |
| The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association applauds Governor Cuomo's proposal to scrap the Combined Ballistic Identification System (CoBIS). After collecting over 356,000 spent shell casings since March 2001 at an estimated cost of nearly $44 million, not a single crime has been solved because of the program. "By any rational measure, CoBIS has been a total failure," said NYSRPA President Tom King. "What is astounding is that there are actually elected officials defending it. Only in Albany would you find people who think that a program which has run for more than 10 years without producing a single result is good public policy." |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #8 P. S. It also made the Legislature look like it was actually doing something to reduce crime. Again apperance is everything. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2012-01-24 19:28 |
| #7 Well, it did make the Gun Grabbers feel good. Isn't that the point? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2012-01-24 19:26 |
| #6 124 bucks per shell. `jus sayin |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2012-01-24 19:04 |
| #5 And now, the "ballistics experts" who were employed by the program have to go to other "anything but chasing bad guys" tasks like giving DARE presentations... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2012-01-24 15:38 |
| #4 Oh, the |
| Posted by: Thurong Forkbeard5561 2012-01-24 15:11 |
| #3 And is anyone really surprised? No, but there are a lot of disappointed liberals out there. Disappointed because they don't understand that criminals are the ones with the guns, and they will never in a million years get the guns out of their hands. That's why they call them criminals. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-01-24 14:20 |
| #2 I bet mayor Bloomberg is livid. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-01-24 13:22 |
| #1 And is anyone really surprised? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-01-24 13:11 |