Re: Gun control

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From: Barry A. Warsaw
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:35

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    FRANK> The reason why we have escallating crime rates is the
    FRANK> attitude of you and people like you: "We can't win so let's
    FRANK> give up."  Bullhockey!

This is just rhetoric right? The rise in crime rates has much more
subtle reasons; reasons, IMO society continues to avoid addressing.
Let me ask you, what steps would you take to reverse the trends in
crime that we've seen over the last 10 years or so?  Taken in
isolation, I'm not convinced gun control (or lack thereof) would have
much effect on the crime rate either way.  And I don't think tougher
enforcement in and of itself has or is going to do much good. This
nation's social health is much like your own personal health -
prevention is *much* more effective than reaction.

Can we all agree that if there wasn't so much (perceived?) gun related
violence we wouldn't be having this discussion?  If so, how does
society most effectively reduce this (perceived?) gun related
violence?

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