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Old 24th December 2018, 01:57 AM   #699
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Originally Posted by The Norseman View Post
Utter absurd statement. There are thousands and thousands of separate laws across the nation regarding guns, ownership, where they can be used, how they're to be stored, how and when they can be shot, what kinds of ammunition can be purchased and used, and on and on.
There are estimated to be 88 guns per 100 people in the USA, way higher than any other western nation (and possibly the rest). Criminals and gang members have no problems getting hold of guns. There are regular mass shootings, often kids shooting other kids.

There may be lots of local laws, but they are pretty much ineffective at ensuring a successful national gun control across the USA. Those who do hold the gun in high esteem, such as the NRA, spend a lot of time and money ensuring that the right to have a gun is preserved, despite all the problems with gun control. The best form of defence against all the bad people is the gun.

Hence the USA allows and many people have, guns for self defence.

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But, hey, keep thinking that just one more law will surely make a difference this time!

The real reason cops behave the way they do is because of control. The government created, endorsed, and armed groups of people originally to hunt down slaves back in the early years and keep control of the riff raff -- which nearly always turned out to be blacks, Native Americans, other brown-skinned foreigners as well as people who were considered at one time as worthless as the blacks, such as the Italians, Germans, Irish, and so on.

First gun control laws and first anti-drug laws were passed in order to keep the blacks and other minorities unarmed and in prison. White governors were very open about their racist reasons for enacting those laws and they are still horribly racist in intent, even after the language itself has been cleaned up.

Look at the differences between powdered cocaine and crack cocaine for a great example. One is a "black guys drug" and the other is a "white man's drug".

These are the real reasons but it's not as easy to try and solve and isn't as fun as tilting at the gun windmills I suppose.
Another reason is because the police keep on being able to claim self defence and get away with shooting people.
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