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Originally Posted by willravel
One thing I want to make clear. I know the the single most effective weapon against gun violence and murder is a high employment rate. If San Francisco were to put the gun ban money into a citywide employment program, in order to take the pressure off many low income and jobless families, this would be MUCH MORE LIKELY to recude gun violence and hiomicide. My argument is simply that the gun ban very well could reduce gun violence. We voted, it's law. Let's do our best.
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The single most effective weapon isn't employment because we have the highest employment rate, right now, in a long, long time. There are some people that, no matter how good the job is, find it easier to steal and they pay less taxes that way. So, I don't believe your solution would have enough success to be a factor in the equation. The trick to getting people employed is to dump the more ridiculous rules that keep a business from succeeding (
excessive regulation, environmental documentary and operational requirements and taxes), this would make it easier for employers to pay a higher wage and keep his/her business operating longer. Gun restriction laws have NEVER proven to reduce violent crime. Does it reduce
gun crime? Sure, but it has the effect of INCREASING other forms of violent crime. It emboldens criminals who KNOW that their victims are unarmed. So violent assaults, home invasions, carjackings, robberies, rapes, murders all go UP, but gun crimes do go down MARGINALLY. We also voted in Prohibition in in the 20's, how's that for a roaring success?