I think that we should find better ways to protect what is considered valuable. In America one of the things that we do is take things for granted, including our safety. We should be focusing on implementing more direct laws. We think that certain things are small and petty crimes, but no matter what anyone says, any crime will involve someone's life getting put on the line. We as Americans should realize that we are actually somewhat lenient with what is said to be a punishment for a crime. We take things as petty or important but both are the causes for the most influential motives in the country. Some people know that they can get away with "petty crimes" and that if they get caught there will only be so much of a punishment for them to worry about. If we become more strict with the punishments that we give for crimes then likely the amount of crime we have here in America will go down. Also we should be doing a better job of protecting America itself from OTHER nations by finding somewhat smarter ways to be both friendly with other nations and strict with out policies. We need to start focusing on the largest cities because that's where the main problem is.
Hope this helps.
-Northstar
