I will work to get guns out of the hands of kids. The most frightening increase in criminal activity in recent years is the number of young persons killed and injured by guns. Every day in the United States 15 children die as a result of handgun deaths. These are truly preventable tragedies. You can count on me as your County Attorney to work aggressively and continuously to battle against the epidemic of gun violence.
Trigger locks can prevent gun deaths of our young children.
When elected, I will lead the way in preventing handgun violence among youth by working in partnership and collaboration with law enforcement and other community agencies to provide the resources to purchase trigger locks for any gun owner who has a child in the home. A reduction in teen pregnancy is critical to the future of our next generation. I will continue to work in collaboration with schools, neighborhoods and the community to develop and foster programs to reduce the outrageously high incidence of teen pregnancy in our community. If we can get a handle on the teen pregnancy problem, we can begin to tackle a future generation's youth crime problem. It is my firm belief that true crime prevention will result from services provided to our youngest children.