"Every time there's a highly publicized shooting, out go the cries for

stricter gun control laws... Gun control laws will not protect us from

murderers. We need protection from the criminal justice system politicians

have created... If there is one clear basic function of government, it's to

protect citizens from criminals... We hear calls for stricter gun control

laws when what is really needed is more control over criminals. There

are many third-party liability laws. I think they ought to be applied

to members of parole boards who release criminals who turn around and

commit violent crimes. As it stands now, people on parole boards who

release criminals bear no cost of their decisions. I bet that if members

of parole boards were held liable or forced to serve the balance of the

sentence of a parolee who goes out and commits more crime, they would pay

more attention to the welfare of the community rather than the welfare of a

criminal. You say, 'Williams, under those conditions, who'd serve on a parole

board?' There's something to be said about that." ---Walter

Williams (http://PatriotPost.US/opinion/entrylist.asp?source_id=39)