So any effort to curtail late-term abortions, while laudable and noble, are really failing to address the problem. And very few people in positions of power talk seriously about proposals to stop early-term abortions. There's nothing wrong with approaching abortion incrementally, but we need to recognize the reality of the situation. I mention this because we hear so much about it. The first thing to make clear is that the stories of school violence we hear are the aberrations.
Most schools are safe places, and most kids are safe at school.
That said, any sort of violence at school is troubling. The tragedies of the past few days really do tell us that something is amiss. That's not necessarily an argument for more gun control, but it is an argument for more parental involvement in their children's lives. It is confluence of factors, ranging from the availability of guns, to the breakdown of the family, to a violent popular culture. Between 1979 and 1999, we have seen a 52 percent decrease in illegal drug use.