NY Times Article Rating

Deadly and Untraceable, 'Ghost Guns' Are Becoming More Common in N.Y.

Sep 11, 2021 View Original Article
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    -98% Very Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    12% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -2% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Ghost guns, which can be built from kits available for purchase from gun manufacturers online, have been a concern for law enforcement authorities for more than a decade.
43% : "Traditional law enforcement approaches to gun safety are not working," said Mr. Boudin in an interview.
41% : Doing so would close a loophole that advocates of gun control say has allowed the weapons to proliferate.
39% : Mr. Bragg's opponent, Thomas Kenniff, said that he'd support legislation that would require mandatory prison sentences to deter people from trafficking ghost guns.
38% : Ghost guns are no longer an abstract, looming threat -- they are here, and we need federal regulation to stop them."

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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