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I'm John Corzine and I Should Be Dead |
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Written by Robert Rose
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Sunday, 27 May 2007 |
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Yeah, he should be. That guy is one lucky SOB.
Most ironic line from the ad?
It took a remarkable team of doctors and a series of miracles to save my life when all I needed was a seatbelt.
How many honest and law-abiding New Jersians suffer unspeakable violence and loss of life for want of a simple piece of safety equipment? A piece of safety equipment that saves up to 2.5 million lives annually in the US?1 A piece of safety equipment that ironically Corzine himself is dedicated to preventing New Jersians from every legally possessing? That's right, the piece of safety equipment is a concealed weapon.
1 Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz, "Armed Resistance to Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Self-Defense With a Gun," 86 The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Northwestern University School of Law, 1 (Fall 1995):164.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 May 2007 )
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