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first of all, it depends on what you mean by gun control. We already have significant gun control laws on the books, and I am not sure what more laws, in and of themselves, would do to curb violence in America. Our problems go much deeper than that, and unfortunately most of the candidates aren't talking about what can be done to correct the systemic problems in our society which lead to violence.
I just posted in a different thread also started by you that gun control is not the panacea gun control advocates think it is. Gun control does nothing to eradicate the abject poverty, lack of jobs, and war on drug issues related to gun violence. Until we deal with those issues, it's pointless to worry about the weapon of choice for the crime.
I also find it rather ironic that so many of the people, especially women, involved in the gun control movement are middle class whites who live in relatively safe suburban areas. Some of whom are former, and even CURRENT, republicans. And the only answer that these people can see to curbing violence is More Gun Control. Is that because they don't see that these problems are related?
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