It is the broken window syndrome at a national level.

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"In my opinion, the lax attitude toward policing and punishing crime is a significant contributor to public criminal violence - shootings included. 

• It is the broken window syndrome at a national level.

The solution is simple, just as when Giuliani cracked down on turnstile jumpers in New York and Bill Bratton began tightening the screws on petty crime, major crimes also began to decrease.
Don't think for a minute that the lack of will to stop the massive illegal immigration, the lack of will to enforce the laws...isn't having an effect.
How could it not?"..."