All the news that fit to spin...

The NYT has taken a swipe at North Carolina CCW holders. Apparently, 2400 out of 240.000 CCW holders here have committed crimes of one sort or another. Here's Sean's rundown on the numbers.

· More than 2,400 permit holders were convicted of felonies or misdemeanors, excluding traffic-related crimes.

· More than 200 were convicted of felonies, including at least 10 who committed murder or manslaughter.

· More than 200 permit holders were also convicted of gun- or weapon-related felonies or misdemeanors, including roughly 60 who committed weapon-related assaults.

· Nearly 900 permit holders were convicted of drunken driving

You be the judge of whether to be concerned that 1% of permit holders committed crimes AFTER obtaining their permits. I'm not. The important number is the 237,600 or 99% who haven't committed any crimes. This story is the NYT pushing Mayor Bloomberg's anti-gun agenda and nothing more. They deserve as much attention as he does: none at all.