Questions on gun-control/rights

[sarisataka]

8. IMO a program

That addresses the root cause of most crimes will have a much greater effect. It would reduce all crimes, not just those defined by a single method, be supported by a much larger percentage of the population and would reduce the incarceration rate instead of creating a new criminal class.

Note that this approach would not rule out some kind of gun control which would go hand-in-hand at achieving the goal of a less violent, more egalitarian society. In addition a safer society reduces the motivation to acquire firearms for self-defense thereby likely decreasing overall gun ownership.

Additionally such a strategy plays to the traditional Democratic strengths of equality, free Society and social justice. Authoritarianism and strict, harshly enforced law is traditionally a Republican party value.