RX FOR VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC

Violence is rampant in our society.

The issue has been framed as gun violence.
Gun control portrayed as the solution.

Pastor Charlie of Albany's Victory Church
appeared on Al Roney's WGY morning talk
show today, and said that he is not seeking
to punish disarm law abiding citizens. He
just wants solutions to the gun violence
problem.

Al Roney correctly observed that violence
is the problem.

So, what are the solutions to the violence
problem in our society?

1. Do not dismantle the U.S. Constitution
and deprive law abiding citizens of their
Second Amendment right to bear arms to
protect themselves.

To deprive law abiding citizens of the
ability to defend themselves in an out
of control society invites unimaginable
consequences.


Legislation doing just that is being acted
upon by local and state governments.

2. Analyze who are the violent perps. Why
are they violent?

Violence is a literacy problem. Those who
resort to violence lack language
communication skills.

Those who come from dysfunctional
households and neighborhoods where
there is no family and community structure
are prone to violence.

Violent individuals lack self control.

Violent behavior is widespread among those
who lack self-esteem , view themselves as
victims and those who have not learned to
take personal responsibility for their own
behaviors.

Violence is glorified on tv, in the lyrics of
rap"music" and in video games.

Violence is promoted by acceptance and
promotion of violence against the unborn
(abortion) and violence against the elderly
(euthanasia).



Violence, and other bad behaviors, are
promoted and rewarded by the social services
and educational systems.

3. At an early age, develop literacy
communication and analytical thinking skills.
Promote self control and personal responsibility.

4. Zero tolerance for violent, anti-social
behaviors in schools and on city streets.

5. Real and severe penalties for violent
behaviors.

6. Changing the social services system which
promote and reward bad behaviors, in partic-
ular, the epidemic of unwed teenage births.

End the "crazy money" SSI scam in schools.
Do not reward unwed teen age pregnancies
with social services benefits and free college
tuitions.

Replace the current food stamp and food pantry
systems with monthly distributions of staple
agricultural products like peanut butter, flour, oats
dried peas and beans, powdered milk and cheese.

7. Not condoning abortion and euthanasia as
government policy and law.

Respect for life is a prequisite to violence
prevention.

These are but a few of the "solutions" that clergy
like Pastor Charlie, concerned parents and citizens
should be promoting.

It is unlikely that you will hear such solutions
proposed by current or aspiring political office
holders because they lack the courage.

So, in the end, it is up to the people to insist upon
defining he violence problem correctly, setting
behavioral and educational standards that are
based on communication skills, self control, self
analysis, exercise of personal responsibility ; and
reform of the social services system to not enable
and reward violence and other anti-social behaviors.

Joe Sullivan