Recidivism

To complement SIH's post on gunrunning in NJ, I present this little nugget:

Of the offenders with prior felony records, the study found that at the time of the new crime 18 percent were on probation, 12 percent on release pending disposition of a prior case and 7 percent on parole.

Yep, 37% of the repeat offenders were on on probation, parole, or bail for another crime.

But the one thing that the gun banners refuse to discuss is actually keeping people in jail for violence. They would rather focus on the miniscule number of crimes committed w/ 'assault weapons'.