Are we surprised with the emphasis on deterrence? All the experts before committee have said that no youth is going to read these changes in the act, and they're not going to know the difference, so it's really not going to have a deterrence effect. The deterrence effect is from people's belief that they'll be caught. So it's not really a huge issue. I'm glad Mr. Hawkes said it was just adding one to the menu, so that's fine.
On June 17th, 2010. See this statement in context.