NMPOPS
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Enforce the laws already on the books.
I do not think there is any real answer that any government can impose. that is the real problem.
So, for the 18 year old kid who sells a little weed to get by (which, lawful or not, is a very common occupation in many places to the exclusion of legitimate work) and bought a .38 snub from a friend because he is scared to live alone in his housing project...can get anything from an exception to 20 years based on his courtroom act and the judge's mood/bias? Seems a bit arbitrary, to me.
Indiana doesn't require NICS checks of FFL sales? Or are you seriously advocating universal checks "but only in a few key places?" Because that's how they sold the border-state multi-handgun-sale reporting rules, and now they're exporting it to the rest of the USA. The "river of guns" stems from demand, and there's not a whole lot laws can do to stop that (the same demand being paid for by illicit narcotics, after all )
So the shockingly high re-offense rate is only half, making it merely frighteningly high? I also think there's a world of difference between the inmate who chooses to better himself while inside, vs. one compelled to play at bettering his position. Either way, when these guys are released, they still often find the same choice between illicit money and law-abiding destitution which landed them in prison in the first place.
That's a surprisingly thorough composite of like every recent news/anti-group caricature of the NRA & gun culture; bravo. Forgot the part about our token black guy, Colion Noir, though . Never mind the fact that the NRA is basically the group that held off UBC's last year (or did you support Manchin-Toomey?) and are head and shoulders more organized and, dare I say, professional about defending/promoting our rights in the government and court systems.
I honestly don't know what the deal is with the whole 'guns being racist' schtick, because it makes no sense whatsoever seeing as there are very few barriers to minorities getting involved anymore.... If you equate NRA membership with racism, you need some serious education from non MAIG sources. You also need a history lesson.
6. Defund the NRA. Letting the NRA represent gun owners is like making the John Birch Society the face of modern conservatism. Granted, the NRA has enormous clout on Capitol Hill, but in exchange, we're seeing the Balkanization of gun owners. Increasingly, non-gun-owning Americans, even those are aren't anti-gun, imagine us as a cross between George Zimmerman and Yosemite Sam. Some elements of the gun community are reinforcing that stereotypes (Open Carry Texas, every Wayn LaPierre TV appearance). The gun world needs a new leader and image campaign that properly and effectively frames gun ownership and shooting as a positive thing that Americans of all races, religions, and political persuasion take part in. Because right now, that is definitely what most people think about when they think of guns. And when some folks learn that I'm a gun owner, they're pretty ambivalent about the whole thing, but then they ask "Are you in the NRA, too?" Because that would indicate something else entirely
This betrays complete ignorance of the political realities in American gun politics.
Pizzapinochle, is that you?
I'm not talking about FFL sales. I'm talking about private party sales, which in Indiana don't require an NICS check, or even a record of sale. Mandatory background checks and records of sale in states with lax laws would do far more to keep guns off of the street and reduce gun violence than most proposed legislation.
Gun free zones are as effective in preventing mass murder as lifeboat-free ships are in preventing drowning during shipwrecks.The answer to gun violence which is perpetuated in gun-free zones, is to eliminate gun-free zones.
What should really be done about gun violence in the US?
That is generally a clue that the question is bogus.Wow, where do you even begin with this one! I don’t believe there is any one answer to the question.
How about rephrasing it, "What do we do about the culture of violence in America?"
The MSM will never point out what you just said.And we still must remember that since 1993, 21 long years, ,gun homicides have declined by 49% ,and gun related injuries have decreased by 75% .At the same time, the number of guns in circulation have increased dramatically. So where is all this violence?
Of course. The MSM has an agenda -- and if there were only ONE homicide a year in this country, the MSM would be running stories on it every day, for the rest of the year.It has spectacularly decreased The problem is the, "if it bleeds, it leads" anti gun MSM, will never reveal to Mr. and Mrs. America (sorry,Diane ) that this is the case.
Vern Humphrey said:The MSM will never point out what you just said.
But to answer your question, the violence, such as it is, is concentrated in the Black and Hispanic cultures -- and it is there we must seek the answer to the problem.
The MSM will never point out what you just said.
Of course. The MSM has an agenda -- and if there were only ONE homicide a year in this country, the MSM would be running stories on it every day, for the rest of the year.
^ WOW!!!!! Who would of thunk it! Maybe we 're winning the WAR!!!!!!!!!
Thank you,Doctor!