"The people who do use these weapons are often the most dangerous or most sociopathic, " Pollack said.
Studies show that street crime such as shooting deaths cost communities more than lives, Pollack said, citing emergency medical services and criminal investigation as tangible costs along with intangibles such as residents moving away to escape the threat.
But Pollack also said he thinks on some of the other big issues after health reform, like climate change and Wall Street regulatory reform, "they will have to get some Republican" lawmakers on board, and the new political reality may force some compromise on both sides.
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"Silent and abandoned calls can cause annoyance and distress to consumers, " said Claudio Pollack of Ofcom.
"Our rules are there to protect consumers from suffering annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety from abandoned calls, " said Claudio Pollack, of Ofcom.
"New York is showing the way for some good strategies in policing, " said Harold Pollack, co-director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab.
"The Affordable Care Act moves us very close to achieving health coverage for everyone, " said Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a health advocacy group.
"It is vital that as the choice of broadband services expands, UK consumers get the best possible information when choosing a broadband provider, " said Claudio Pollack, Ofcom's consumer group director.
"I like playing interesting villains, " he said, calling to mind parts like that of the laconic, strangely sympathetic assassin Joubert in Sydney Pollack's "Three Days of the Condor" (1975).
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