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To: JACK R. SMITH JR. who wrote (50)	3/17/2000 9:57:00 PM
From: JACK R. SMITH JR.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 87

Richard, You got me started, and I will continue. Fathom this--A couple of pimply faced kids inside a school in Colorado, and all the cops are huddled outside while these two pimply faced kids kill other kids of hours- Here is the basic questin--Why did not some brave cop go into that school and prevent the carnage? Bothers me to this day!! Jack

To: JACK R. SMITH JR. who wrote (50)	3/17/2000 10:12:00 PM
From: d:oug	Respond to of 87

Jack. The <<to enforce exhisting laws>> nuts & bolts becomes a business decision, as those law to be carried out require tax money local state and federal. The enforcement procedures to accomplish present laws on the books needs a ten fold increase in manpower. So as the citizens of this nation cry foul to any tax increase before the 88% waste is addressed, the fire department and police and court system remains in check to do less, not more. Until recently most all gun violence was in the poor minority inner cities, and the middle class etc did not care. Now its on their door step.... So easy to give the harry stare towards the political system and identify individual persons there in. So easy to do that rather than say that the smell and crap on the table are the nation's citizens that put them there. The political system is corrupted from what you mentioned Jack as being that which created this great nation long ago when a man's word and actions were plain to know as good or bad, and other held him responsible for what he caused or did. Now, it tv land as 99% of citizens in usa blame the system, not themselves. Can anyone like us have an effect for change to the better ? Nope. Too late. All one now can do is work to keep what got knowing that its a loosing effort, so one can only work to lessen the rate of lost. Doug