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...Yankee Stadium--were forfeit. The team's founder, Rolando Paulino, and Danny's father Felipe de Jesus Almonte were barred from Little League for life. "We were so proud these kids were on the front pages," said Julio Heredia as he stood outside a league practice field on Webster Avenue. "Now this...
...believe that the expense and time involved in connecting with an interstate gun trafficker could lead to a decrease in actual gun activity in the state with tough restrictions," says Daniel Webster, the lead author of the study...
...licensing and registration have been on the books for years, but the combination of both laws is only on the books in seven states. It's that one-two punch, though, that proves to be most effective. "We found there was only marginal benefit to having one restriction," says Webster. "This is particularly significant for states like Maryland and California, where registration is required but licensing...
...Registering a gun, says Webster, makes it much easier to trace if it is involved in a crime. Licensing means the application process goes through a law enforcement agency, rather than being processed by a gun dealer. Creating that filter has already proven useful, says Webster. "We know from previous research that that there are some seriously shady gun dealers out there," he says. "In fact, we?ve found one percent of gun dealers sell more than one-half of guns used in crimes...
...lobby will argue: Laws don?t matter to criminals, they?re just going to get around the laws," says Webster. "It?s only infringing on rights of law-abiding citizens. There are a couple of responses to that argument. One, when you force criminals to go out of state, you increase the price of guns, sometimes substantially, not just in terms of actual price but in terms of time, risk and hassle. And two, this research seems to suggest that if broader laws were in place in more states, it would make criminals even less likely to own guns...