bill@sigma.UUCP (William Swan) (06/18/86)
In article <340@valid.UUCP> gelfand@valid.UUCP (Brooks Gelfand) writes: >>[...Newspaper article (what! You BELIEVE what you read in the paper?)...] >> "Of firearm deaths in the home, 8 out of 10 were suicides and 1 out of 10 >> were criminal homicides, mostly during arguments or fights with family or >> friends, [...rest of the original article deleted...] >[...comments about suicides doing it anyway, without firearms...] > >To reduce the homicide rate in domestic disturbances, the Seattle Police >had (still have?) and innovative program. When called to a domestic >disturbance that involves one party striking the other, they lock up >the agressor overnight - no bail set until the next day. The homicide >rate was reported to have declined. >I would suggest that this type of solution to the homicide problem >might be more effective than a firearms ban. They still have it, and it has become an even more progressive program. Now, when called in to any domestic disturbance that involves any kind of violence, BOTH parties get locked up!! This prevents situations where one party accuses the other falsely to "get at" them. So, if you live in Seattle (King County), and get into a domestic dispute in which the police get called, YOU are going to jail (even if YOU called them). Good system.