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Turbulent_Link1738 t1_j1r4r06 wrote

200 cops took 500 guns off the street in a span of a year. 👍

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bakerybrick t1_j1rkur5 wrote

So… it costs about $35000 per gun removed? 🤢

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Turbulent_Link1738 t1_j1rp7ms wrote

By that measure it costs $4,000 a ride to commute to work if you travel by bus.

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bakerybrick t1_j1txlrx wrote

Lemme see the math

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Turbulent_Link1738 t1_j1u6r9i wrote

Price of the bus and operator divided out per commute. $1.4million and $100k for 52 work weeks 5 days a week 2 rides a day.

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bakerybrick t1_j1ugjml wrote

You assume that only one person rides the bus, the bus is only in use for one year, and it can only make two trips a day.

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Turbulent_Link1738 t1_j1un2g5 wrote

It’s the same dumb math you did.

$35,000 seems like a large number but it pales in comparison to what a woman would pay to be free from rape, or a family to be free from the untimely death of a loved one.

It’s not 35k per gun, it’s 1 gun per # of victims prevented.

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bakerybrick t1_j1uv2dy wrote

Also, what makes you think rapes are committed at gunpoint?

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Turbulent_Link1738 t1_j1uw5q1 wrote

Rapes are committed more than one way. Same with robberies murders and assaults. Not all are gun based. Obviously.

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