[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

The goal is to reduce the risk that a person will BECOME a violent criminal in the first place. It isn't to stop people who are already violent criminals.

Most violent criminals have "issues" in their backgrounds that lead them to become violent criminals. It's not a goal. You don't hear Jimbob Villager's grandson say "I wanna be a violent criminal when I grow up, Pappy." You also don't hear Bobby Sue Trailermom's 14-year-old daughter say "Mama can I be a violent criminal when I get my drivers license?"

No - that doesn't happen. Something "happens" to cause people to become violent criminals. By improving education systems, social health and welfare, you increase the odds that kids will grow up to become productive members of society, and decrease the odds that they'll end up violent criminals.

This is all probability and statistics. Ask your local bookie, see what he thinks about it.

You're trying to explain to people who probably thought tightening air pollution emissions on vehicles didn't work, because the first few years after they were instituted...the air was still polluted.

Never mind that 98% of the vehicles on the road were pre-emission control and that...it takes time for things to change.

Just like in my link, that was conveniently ignored, where it said...

Complaints of excessive force have come down 95% since 2014, according to the department’s own metrics, and unlike violent protests across the Delaware River in Philadelphia last week, Camden enjoyed shared, peaceful protests between police and demonstrators.