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Straw Man

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1. Crime problem? Blame the NRA.
Thu May 26, 2016, 10:11 AM
May 2016

Nice screed, which complete sidesteps the thrust of the study it references. From the linked study:

Supporters of Chicago’s list say that it allows the police to focus on a small fraction of people creating chaos in the city rather than unfairly and ineffectively blanketing whole neighborhoods. But critics wonder whether there is value in predicting who is likely to shoot or be shot with seemingly little ability to prevent it, and they question the fairness and legality of creating a list of people deemed likely to commit crimes at some future time.

Sounds like profiling to me.

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