An Interesting Approach to Reducing Violent Crime

[TBoneTX 48,072]

Seems to make sense.  Comments?

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An Interesting Approach to Reducing Violent Crime

 

[...] Far too often, people immediately jump to gun control as the solution to violent crime.  It's not, and we can prove it, but they don't want to see the evidence.  They're often just trying to leverage crime to do what they wanted to do anyway, but almost everyone can agree that reducing it is a good thing.

 

I'd just rather reduce it without reducing my ability to defend myself from whatever violent crime remains.

Yet earlier today, I came across an interesting solution being proposed, and it's one that sounds like a good idea even if it doesn't address violence.  [...]

 

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/04/21/an-interesting-approach-to-reducing-violent-crime-n1228374

[TBoneTX 48,072]

Agree?  Makes sense to me.
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Doing This Instead of Gun Control Would Fix Most Issues

[...] Gang violence and other forms of criminal violence are the lion's share of the homicides in this country.  They account for the vast majority of the so-called mass shootings that sites like the Gun Violence Archive count.  They're all tied to an inner city culture that sees violent retribution as not just the reasonable response to insults, but as the only acceptable response.  Failing to act is to be labeled "a punk" or something similar.

These aren't people getting guns lawfully.  They're not going to the gun store and passing NICS checks.  They're getting them off the streets, either stealing them or buying them from some guy who doesn't care if they're law-abiding citizens or not.

Then, when they feel the need, they open fire.

This problem becomes even worse when [...]

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/09/21/doing-this-instead-of-gun-control-would-fix-most-issues-n1229969

[Ban Hammer 14,566]

12 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Agree?  Makes sense to me.
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Doing This Instead of Gun Control Would Fix Most Issues

[...] Gang violence and other forms of criminal violence are the lion's share of the homicides in this country.  They account for the vast majority of the so-called mass shootings that sites like the Gun Violence Archive count.  They're all tied to an inner city culture that sees violent retribution as not just the reasonable response to insults, but as the only acceptable response.  Failing to act is to be labeled "a punk" or something similar.

These aren't people getting guns lawfully.  They're not going to the gun store and passing NICS checks.  They're getting them off the streets, either stealing them or buying them from some guy who doesn't care if they're law-abiding citizens or not.

Then, when they feel the need, they open fire.

This problem becomes even worse when [...]

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/09/21/doing-this-instead-of-gun-control-would-fix-most-issues-n1229969

i'm just waiting for someone to use red flag laws on someone changing sex.........

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,477]

19 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Agree?  Makes sense to me.
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Doing This Instead of Gun Control Would Fix Most Issues

[...] Gang violence and other forms of criminal violence are the lion's share of the homicides in this country.  They account for the vast majority of the so-called mass shootings that sites like the Gun Violence Archive count.  They're all tied to an inner city culture that sees violent retribution as not just the reasonable response to insults, but as the only acceptable response.  Failing to act is to be labeled "a punk" or something similar.

These aren't people getting guns lawfully.  They're not going to the gun store and passing NICS checks.  They're getting them off the streets, either stealing them or buying them from some guy who doesn't care if they're law-abiding citizens or not.

Then, when they feel the need, they open fire.

This problem becomes even worse when [...]

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/09/21/doing-this-instead-of-gun-control-would-fix-most-issues-n1229969

Or we could stop social programs that incentivize very young under funded  women to have children out of wedlock and other polices that have destroyed families in many historical underprivileged areas. 

 

What we have is generation after generation of angry young men raised in single parent homes with no male role models who grow into the gang members and violent young criminals. 

 

As the article said. If you take away the crimes in these historically povertized areas a vast majority of these type of crimes would go away.

 

You can put people in parks and Natl Guard members in neighborhoods all day long. It still will not address the root of the problem.