encannot reach for their dreams if they are ducking for cover. We cannot restore a sense of community and decency if people areafraid to walk in any neighborhood, if they feel they have lost the public spaces that are rightfully theirs. A parent struggles to passon the right values in a culture that practically screams out that chaos and cruelty are cool. A good parent is undermined in trying toteach the great, simple lessons of right and wrong, of the rule of law and responsibility, when a burdened justice system letscriminals off too easy. The liberals have fought for ages to instill a sense of security and safety to our nation. They are in favor ofenforcing tougher penalties against drug and sex offenders. Liberals are pushing hard to create more gun laws that are written forfamilies, not for gun lobbyists and their apologists. They are working on raising the age for handgun possession from 18 to 21 and topass strict background checks for those who buy guns at gun shows. Liberals are in favor of enacting stiff, new penalties for adultswho sell guns to minors and to require child-safety locks on guns. Liberals believe we need tougher penalties for gun trafficking andall crimes committed with guns. The Brady Law is one of many laws that the democrats have passed. Since the Brady waitingperiod law was passed, gun crimes have dropped by 38 percent. The liberals feel that the Brady Law has stopped nearly a quarter ofa million felons and fugitives from buying guns and saved countless lives. (www.algore.com/guncontrol) The liberals have endorsed a constitutional amendment to expand the rights of crime victims. The amendment would grant victims &their families the right to reasonable notice of court proceedings involving their cases, the right to have a voice in those proceedings,and the right to notice of an offenders release from prison. Conservatives assert that those rights can be ensured without anamendment, and that the measure would v...
