WinsomeDefiance
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ORIGINAL: WinsomeDefiance I won't even drive through Chicago, which is a shame, as My unofficially adopted son and granddaughter live just outside Chicago. I hate to say this, but there are areas in Detroit, Chicago and other big cities where the police just won't go. There are also innocent children and families in those areas. If the President decides to send in the Feds to disarm civilians, it could get ugly real fast. They may be gang bangers, but many of them are children. With racial and political tensions the way they are now, it could only take one dead child to spark a shitstorm of trouble. Disarming the civilians is unconstitutional. Disarming the gangbangers is another matter. With the level those cities have decsended to the guard would likely be needed and it would be house to house fighting like Nam. You are right, one kid gets hurt and the people fixing the problem, not the ones who let it get this bad, would cathch hell for it. Gangbangers ARE civilians. If it isn't nation-wide, gun control isn't going to work. So either people like you and the GOP stop blocking it, or just admit that you are willing to accept higher gun crime rates simply because you love to daydream about killing imaginary threats to your safety, hunting liberals and feeling like a big man. Yes, gang members are civilians. I agree. Whether they can legally be in possession of a firearm depends on if they have a felony. Which, these days damn near everything is a felony. It is ridiculous. Our problem, in America, is the damn war on drugs which has created an endless supply of poverty stricken youths trying to make money and getting pulled into a system where they are treated like animals and come out better and smarter criminals who recruit more young kids that perpetuate the cycle. Our problem is, lawful gun owners aren't giving our guns to criminals, corrupt cops, officials and theft are putting guns into hands of them. Even if every damn lawful gun owning person were to surrender our guns, our corrupt system would happily sell the criminals guns. So, yes. I accept that America has a higher rate of deaths by guns than other countries. I legally own and register my guns. I'm not apologizing for doing so. America has its flaws, but no more so than any other country if you look close enough.
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