"Guns Causing the Crisis"

St. Louis papers are saying that "Guns Are Causing the Crisis" after a former cop is acquitted in the death of a citizen (who was black, of course). Which shows the usual ignorance displayed by the anti-gun fools. GUNS are not the problem, the PEOPLE with (mostly) illegal guns are the problem. The mayor says it's the guns, and they have had 196 homicides (most unsolved) this year (which tells me it's incompetent cops, not the guns), the most since 1995, when 204 were killed by guns. Nobody is talking about the homicides by other means. So what are they going to do about it? Have a "gun buyback program," of course. That tired old saw that has proven itself to do NOTHING to reduce gun violence. Critics say their problems are much deeper than that (no kidding!). They've tried that approach several times in the past, while gun crime still keeps crawling up (surprise, surprise!). Many of the guns "bought back" in the past have turned out to be useless antiques (no surprise, there). Oh, yes; they're increasing funding for recreation and job programs, as if THAT will solve their "gun problem." (Newsweek)