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[quote=Anonymous][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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I'm thinking about it because

1) It's been 15 years since it's happened.
2) I'm incredibly saddened to think of everything these kids missed.  I'm the same age as most of the victims.  They've missed all of these wonderful experiences.

It has nothing to do with my opinions on guns.
DO NOT turn this into a political discussion.[/quote]

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