I agree with Armstrong Williams that crime, especially underreported crime, is a huge problem (“Armstrong Williams: Why Americans don’t trust crime numbers,” Oct. 14). Crime is going down and so, presumably, is unreported crime but not enough. Despite how Williams brings up Baltimore, Chicago and Los Angeles, crime is not a partisan problem. Crime is an American problem.
The states with the highest rates of gun violence are Southern states. So, too, is the case with drug use. And the Bible-thumping states have the highest rates of viewing pornography. We already incarcerate more people per capita than every other country in the world except Russia and China.
Crime is an American problem because we adore violence. We respect it and honor it. And boy, oh, boy, do we love our guns. Nothing is going to change until we change that.
— John Gazurian, Baltimore
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