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[quote=Anonymous]OP: I am aware of why you are thinkin of this topic.  Its been 10 years since Columbine; 10 years, and that is not 11 years or 9 years, but rather, 10 years.  I guess 10 is really meaningful or something.

But Dateline aside, the gun homicide rate is down 49% since 1993, and the public is generally unaware.  This was discussed recently elsewhere on the forum.

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-homi...ince-1993-peak-public-unaware/

Of course, there are still too many violent crimes in the US; even one is too many. ANd as for school shootings we need a zero tolerance policy so that no child is ever harmed in any school in any way, of course.

But, for society as a whole, is the public being misled that this is as big a national issue as its made out to be? Is the bulk of the problem going away on its own in America? Can any society ever really get to "zero" ? and what would the cost be to civil rights to do that?

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?

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