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3. While many favor more gun control laws such as another Assault Weapons Ban...
Sun Dec 18, 2011, 01:28 PM
Dec 2011

I personally feel that programs such as Operation Ceasefire are far more successful at reducing gun violence and crime in our nation.

Of course we also need to strictly enforce all existing gun laws and especially those on the straw purchase of firearms and the smuggling of such weapons to our inner cities. It's also my opinion that ALL sales of firearms, including private sales, should require an NICS background check, but this would probably have to be accomplished at a state level.

Also as Obama has suggested the NICS background check needs to be improved so as to be more responsive. (Ref: President Obama: We must seek agreement on gun reforms http://azstarnet.com/article_011e7118-8951-5206-a878-39bfbc9dc89d.html#ixzz1guHmRUAg

We also need to admit that our War on Drugs is a total failure. The legalization of some drugs such as marijuana would reduce much of the profit motive in drug dealing and the crime committed by drug gangs fighting over their turf.


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