It's an unfortunate fact that in the male black population, a very significant percentage of them, more so than whites or other minority candidates, because of convictions, prison records, are never going to be hired by a police department. That's a reality. That's not a byproduct of stop-and-frisk.

If there's one crime for which there has to be a certainty of punishment, it is gun violence.

Clearly, a large number of people who shouldn't have firearms actually apply through the process and obtain firearms.

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