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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (6237)	2/19/2001 2:56:33 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

We must have very different senses of how safe "it's always been." I remember when people didn't lock their homes or their cars and you could get away with leaving your keys in the ignition, although everyone knew that was inviting trouble. I remember when hooligans fought with chains and knives. Karen, I was referring to before the laws where passed not to decades ago. In the last few decades gun control law have proliferated but we have gone from a situation like what you describe to one where violent crime, despite having declined a bit in recent years, is at a much higher level and many people don't feel safe. I do not argue that this is proof that gun control laws caused the crime to increase but it might at least suggest that they are not the answer to the level of violent crime in this country. I don't presume to know the answer to this gun problem. It's a knotty one. With any problem, however, mindset is important and this mindless reverence of guns by non-criminals has to be part of the problem. I see more of a crime problem then a gun problem. Guns have been common in the US for a long time but during most of that time crime levels where lower then they are today. What specifically do you mean by mindless reverence for guns? People who love guns but are stupid and careless? We have always had those. Or do you equate opposition to gun control with mindless reverence? Tim