The following commentary from Wayne LaPierre's , "What They Didn't Tell You Today,"
Monday, February 16, 2009
Ignoring 80 Percent of the Problem
Did you know that 80 percent of the crime in this country is committed by less than 1 percent of the population?
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/FedCrim...6773423&page=1
The FBI says the one million gang members in this country are responsible for four out of five crimes, yet the Obama administration seems to ignore this fact to focus on gun control that has nothing to do with breaking the back of criminal gang violence.
For example: The Obama administration only mentions gangs in the "Urban Policy" portion of its agenda, not in crime and law enforcement. Yet the FBI tells us "Gang migration from urban communities to suburban and rural locations, which began more than two decades ago, is a significant and growing problem in most areas of the country."
It's shocking that this White House limits violent gangs to "Urban Policy" solutions. Its agenda focuses on support for gun control that would do nothing to reduce gang activity, but would erode the Second Amendment rights of every law-abiding American -including history's most sweeping ban on semi-automatic firearms.
The Obama plan seems to ignore the one million gang members who commit 80 percent of the crime in this country, while targeting the 80 million lawful gun owners in the United States. That's not a solution to gang violence, and it's not "Change."
In fact, it's just relying on the same failed policies that have made Chicago one of the most crime-ridden cities in the country.