Posted October 17, 2019 8:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

One of the biggest issues I have with so many politicians isn’t just that they think gun control is the way to fight violence, it’s that they think it’s the only way to combat violence. We keep hearing from them that opposition to gun control is tacit support for mass shooters and other criminals despite absolutely no evidence that gun control would actually stop such events from occurring.

And it’s almost universal among the gun control crowd. Few if any seem to even acknowledge other potential solutions existing.

Which is why it’s shocking that Sen. Cory Booker’s latest plan doesn’t mention gun control.

On Wednesday, Booker and Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) introduced the Break the Cycle of Violence Act, which would dedicate $90 million a year over 10 years to US cities to tackle urban gun violence. The funds could go to hospital-based intervention programs that try to help gunshot victims before they retaliate against their shooters or are victimized again, street “interrupters” and other outreach workers who intervene in local conflicts to prevent violence from spreading, and strategies that target, with police and other social services, the small segments of the population responsible for most urban violence.

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