newbie, thanks for the link, I will check it out. You have taken a proven position. Retribution or incarceration is effective. The crime rate in the U.S. has been dropping since 1992, but we have also locked up more criminals than at anytime in history. We have built more prisons, pack prisoners into the prisons we already have, and inacted '3 strikes and you're out' legislation. Locking up criminals and removing them from society does reduce crime since 85% of all crime is committed by repeat offenders. I would still like to see why you think gun control is an answer when the areas with he most strict gun control laws are also areas of the highest crime rates. L.A., D.C., Chicago, Detroit, and NYC compared to Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, Austin, and Little Rock. I just don't see guns as a 'cause'.
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