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On the recordJune 9, 1999
school violence and violence in society concerns all of us. What do we do about it? Well, we have tried gun control. We have insisted on parental control. We have suggested the schools could control more. I do not believe our young people are born violent. It can be learned. We have found that out in the culture of the Hitler Nazi regime where he taught his youth, or there may be other ways that we can learn violence. In America, we have allowed a culture of violence to promote it, besides guns, besides lack of parental control. What is that? It is our movies, our television, our video games. I would like to see more leadership in addressing the thing that our students spend more time with. Let us try strict liability with television, videos and movies.
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Thomas Ewing
Republican · Illinois

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Addressing concerns about school violence and its cultural influences.

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