I want the violence among young people in this country to stop - particularly gang violence.
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Violence is a problem we all want to solve. I want to make sure that kids learn to deal with anger by learning how to talk with people to solve problems. Here in the United States Senate I want to make sure we have safe schools, safe neighborhoods and good things for kids to do after school!
We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated.
Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years, offering an aggressive definition and identity to those seeking a place to belong in the chaos of large metropolitan areas.
There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life.
We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation.
We need to do something about the culture of violence.
We've got to look to our educational programs and focus on doing what we can to stem violence in the schools.
I'm not a violent person; I'm not interested in violence.
It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.
Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy.