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[quote=Anonymous]I've tried to follow this issue recently.  Finding non-partisan facts is tough; everyone has an agenda and both sides distort the facts badly.

So when the Pew research article came up, I was surprised by this fact:

"Despite national attention to the issue of firearm violence, most Americans are unaware that gun crime is lower today than it was two decades ago. According to a new Pew Research Center survey, today 56% of Americans believe gun crime is higher than 20 years ago and only 12% think it is lower."

Link:   http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/07/gun-homicide-rate-down-49-since-1993-peak-public-unaware/

Of course, there are still too many violent crimes in the US; even one is too many.  But, is the public being misled that this is as big an issue as its made out to be?  Is the bulk of the problem going away on its own?

Maybe there are other law-enforcement priorities we need to look at?  For example, law enforcement has radically changed recently as far as arrests for use of marijuana, the focus on Muslim-Americans in areas like NYC, and that city's "stop and frisk" policy.  Maybe its time to think outside the box on other areas? [/quote]

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