Letting Kids Shoot Guns Is Good for Them--TIME magazine, Aug. 28, 2014

[Lurks Often]

94. "proliferation of unregulated guns"

I have some bad news for you:
1. Guns are heavily regulated at both the state and Federal level, perhaps just not heavily regulated to suit you.
2. Crime rates have been dropping for 20 years.
3. At both the state and Federal level there has been very little change in the laws that govern who can buy a firearm. Certainly Chicago and Washington DC are exceptions (there are always exceptions).

What we really need to do is start addressing the underlying causes of crime, which means changing the social and economic pressures in the high crime areas. Getting decent paying jobs would certainly be a start.



*And it's not about race, I am certain that you could drop any racial or ethnic group into those inner city conditions and within 2-4 generations you'll end up with the same results.