Gun violence triples in Suffolk County, NY...

[TreasonousBastard]

Up from three deaths last year to 10 this year. I think that's for 6 months (just hearing it on local TV nooze) Looked for a link, but the good ones are behind a paywall. Anyway, while all violence is dropping in Nassau next door, all violence, including shootings, is way up here.

What to do? It's not easy to get local laws passed, and not just because of resistance-- some things we just can't do on the local level.

However, taking the long view, gun ownership isn't any more pervasive than smoking was years ago, and look what the anti-smoking forces eventually did...

Fighting the Second Amendment might, or might not, be a fool's errand, but consistent pressure on the gungasmic types could do the job. Give gun use, or even ownership, an ick factor. Silly as it sounds, it works.

[flamin lib]

1. Interstate gun trafficking is a big problem.

A gun that sells for $300 in one state will fetch $900 in a place like NY or Chicago. It's hard to control availability with that kind of incentive.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. True enough...

but I'm not talking restrictive measures like NYC's old Sullivan Law that encourage such markups. And are being struck down anyway.

I'm suggesting long term strategy to reduce the overall interest and demand.

[flamin lib]

3. Well, we could start with warning labels like cigarettes . . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12629550