But Boston Proves Something Can Be Done

BOSTON - There is something understandable about the spasm of instant prescription that has gripped the country since last month's school shootings in Littleton, Colo. Social ills from adolescent angst to national cultural issues have been held up for both diagnosis and treatment. But whatever the causes, it is fundamentally incorrect to suggest that the school shootings represent "youth violence." They have more in common with adult spree killings than with the youth gun violence that plagues America's inner cities.

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