Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Basically, LaPierre is complaining the failure of the Bush Administration Project Safe Neighborhood.

In addition to this failed program which then Attorney General Ashcroft bragged high gun crime prosecution rates, the laws over the past decade has degraded prosecutors ability to prosecute. Laws such as Stand Your Ground and the Castle Doctrine have removed the authority of police and prosecutors.


PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS (PSN) (click here)

Overview
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun and gang crime in America by networking existing local programs that target gun and gun crime and providing these programs with additional tools necessary to be successful. Since its inception in 2001, approximately $2 billion has been committed to this initiative. This funding is being used to hire new federal and state prosecutors, support investigators, provide training, distribute gun lock safety kits, deter juvenile gun crime, and develop and promote community outreach efforts as well as to support other gun and gang violence reduction strategies.

During that same time period, the rights to own innumberable weapons and conceal carry them into national parks, work areas and the list goes on was increased. So, the entire idea a gun crime is going unprosecuted as LaPierre states means a lot has changed which probably needs to be look at again.

Once again LaPierra and the NRA are manipulating the language because they don't have a defense against sincerely legitimate legislation to curb the violence in the USA. 

As the violence has increased the citizens have become more scared and their demands to 'Conceal Carry' and own high powered guns has increased. This is a positive feedback loop and the NRA knows it. The more guns, the more gun violence and the public becomes scared with demands for unrealistic permission to continue the escalation of fear and gun purchases.

LaPierre may be stating the prosecutions of fraud at the time of purchase has not been pursued. Okay, that simply means IT DOESN'T WORK. We need to INSURE the public safety and legislators have to respect the Public Trust and legislate against irresponsible LAWS, sales and ownership.

No prosecutor in the country is going to drop murder cases in order to make the NRA happy. Here again prosecution of crimes escalate because of more guns in the country, the less the prosecution of the crimes at purchase will be prosecuted. Maybe the NRA will provide the funding for prosecutors to each state to facilitate this terrible phenomena in the USA.Then we'll know if it works to stop the assassination attempts of Congresswomen and massacres of children in their elementary school classrooms. But, don't expect the USA to postpone other measures while the NRA catches up on obligation of social responsibility.