I think that the effort to continue to look for some law to somehow make violence go away is missing the point.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We all agreed that violence begets violence, and you can't solve issues with more violence.
I think that when we're talking about youth violence, we're talking about kids who don't have opportunities, so they're engaged in a certain degree of lawlessness, because we as a society have failed them.
If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.
I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.
Diminishing violence is a goal everyone can support, and I look forward to participating in the debate when specific proposals come before the House.
There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement.
The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.