Crime Is Up and Bloomberg Blames iPhone Thieves | NY TImes

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With the commonsense our current crop of politicians have shown, I suspect a bill to ban iPhones to be introduced Monday.

"Major crime in New York City inched up this year, and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Friday fingered the culprit: too many iPhones and iPads were being swiped.

A rise in thefts of shiny Apple products accounted for the slight increase in the city’s annual crime index, a statistic that covers a number of felonies, including murder, grand larceny and robbery, Mr. Bloomberg said on Friday morning during his weekly radio show."  Crime Is Up and Bloomberg Blames iPhone Thieves | NY TImes