Another thing that the Brady bunch will not tell you is that nearly one-half of the victims and one-half of the perpetrators are from a single ethnic group that makes up 12% of the population. If we remove the killings that occur in the gang-ridden ghettos and the population that lives there, then the rest of the country has a rate per 100,000 that is no worse than Europe.
More and more, I am seeing that the racism of gun control is still in effect just like it was in the post-Civil War era when gun laws were used to disarm freed slaves so that the KKK could have safe working conditions. This country doesn't want to admit that a lot of our crime problems are the result of a 400-year history of slavery, Jim Crow, and, more recently, failed social programs. The sad fact is that some the AFDC programs did more to destroy black families than slavery. Now, we are reaping the bitter harvest of that in the crime rates in the inner cities. Of course, none of this excuses criminal behavior since so many people come from that background but do not become gang-bangers and criminals.
How does this tie into gun laws? Simple, the politicians first of all want a cheap solution, and gun laws seem to fit that bill, with the added bonus of increasing the politicians' control over all citizens. Second, the politicians of the left don't want to admit that many of their programs helped to create this monster. And, politicians on the right don't want to admit that our so-called War on Drugs has failed and helped create this situation. Instead, too many of them want to blame inannimate objects like guns. But, until we get serious about doing what it takes to fight crime, the inner cities will remain septic tanks of crime. What two things: First get more cops and put more crooks in jail. Second, we have to break the cycle of poverty, but that is easier said than done, and is likely to take generations.
