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Show 1 Crime Doctors Needed I Crime, according to foremost scien-I scien-I tific opinion, is a disease, and must I be treated as such. I In the past, crime legislation has I failed to take this into account. We I have had an abundance of laws, but I no determined effort to correct evils i emotional, mental and social that I have caused crime to increase. I Zealous reformers have made strong I efforts to pass a national law forbid -j ding the sale and possession of revolvers re-volvers and pistols. While such efforts eff-orts have failed, many state laws are in force that make it virtually im-( im-( possible for the honest citizen to own I a gun for protection or amusement. I The futility of such laws Is evident. ; The pistol may be an instrument of crime, as may knives, shotguns or the mails. But it is never a cause. To legislate against it is equivalent to legislating leg-islating against the automobile be-cause be-cause reckless driving causes deaths. ( We need crime doctors to correct I our judicial system, reorganize our I laws, and strike at crime in the man-I man-I r.cr dictated by science. Too many I laws hae reacted to the' disadvantage I of the good citizen and to the benefit I of th criminal. Organized, fanatical I minorities have made crime legislation I impotent. |