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To: Grainne who wrote (22486)	5/29/1998 5:53:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

It is worth remembering that each and every incident of gun use by children has a common theme: the kids were committing a felony by using these guns, perhaps even merely possessing them. Maybe if we focused on the criminality of these acts and prosecuted them as firearms offenses? I imagine that would do much to stem the apparent tide of youth gun violence. Jmho, of course. Back to the matter of perception. I think you are in a minority when you see the USA as being "an aberrant society" obsessed with gun violence. I know that I spend less time thinking about guns than I do thinking about cars or taxes. I'll wager that very few folks in the Coffee Shop are ready to pin a significant portion of our social ills on civilian gun ownership. I'm not gonna be flippant and say it isn't a problem. But I also won't buy into the idea that it is one of the hinges on which a healthy society hangs. Oooooh! 22500 :-D