Writer Talk about the power of the press.
Last month, the Daily News ran a story about how some people with gun permits do crazy and dangerous things. In the days after the Feb. 13 article, the number of people applying for permits jumped sharply. Gerald Fretz, commander of the police gun-permit unit. In the 10 days after the story was published, there were 267 new applications, compared with 154 applications during a comparable period in January. The spike was short-lived, though, and things are now pretty much back to normal.