# "If it saves only one life" - time to shut down the NYC subway?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-saves-only-one-life-time-to-shut-down-the-nyc-subway/646805>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 10, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-saves-only-one-life-time-to-shut-down-the-nyc-subway/646805 "2013-01-10T23:03:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-saves-only-one-life-time-to-shut-down-the-nyc-subway/646805/121 "2013-01-21T23:01:29Z")

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Did you read the thread or just the last two posts?

> [@sylmar](#):
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> Read for … at least comprehension curlcoat. Maeglin said _handgun_, not shotgun.

Back at you - I originally said _gun_, period.

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> And the violent crime dip in NYC after disarmament has been pretty well documented.

And we originally said murder, not all violent crime. **Maeglin** is apparently trying to dance away from being proven wrong - are you?

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-saves-only-one-life-time-to-shut-down-the-nyc-subway/646805/122 "2013-01-22T00:20:51Z")

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> [@sylmar](#):
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> Read for … at least comprehension curlcoat. Maeglin said _handgun_, not shotgun.
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> And the violent crime dip in NYC after disarmament has been pretty well documented.

Nope. he said 'a gun" . Later he changed that to handgun, after we called him on it.True he did say “murder” but even there NYC murder rate is about average in the USA. It has been declining, true, but it used to be high. Now it’s average, not low.

O\*\*riginally Posted by Maeglin \*\*  
_Then your town has the same In my town, getting a gun is all but impossible. Our murder rate happens to be extraordinarily low. ._

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