Columbus Mayor Frank Jackson received intense criticism for keeping mum as bullets whizzed through city streets and claimed innocent lives this summer. On Monday, he took a very public stand to try to curb violence and prevent young thugs from brandishing guns. But even if his proposal had a chance of becoming state law--and, make no mistake, it is DOA in Columbus--it wouldn`t do a thing to solve the local problem.

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Posted: 9/12/2007 9:59:28 AM