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Originally Posted by BigBrodieFan
That's the exact attitude the NRA wants you to have. My 'why bother' reason is that the next time some crazy whackjob wants to shoot up a school, it could be MY kid's school. And hey- EVEN if they have to stop to re-load due to an assault weapon ban.. it might save a few lives. Doing nothing is just effing lazy, and quite frankly, there is no excuse for it. I applaud the democrats for doing what's RIGHT and not what might be 'politically popular.'
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And it is equally lame to claim it being the right thing, when focusing on keeping black kids from getting into the cycle of violence is the far more important issue. But of course 'gun control' is the major topic these days.
The problem is extremely simple to understand. War on drugs has led to destruction among lower class citizens. This has led to a extreme cycle of constant crime that has torn apart generations of kids. Now black kids are growing up with absolutely no chance of having a life outside of the life in a gang or being involved in some kind of crime.
Studies have shown that these kids are starting out with minor convictions, and slowly moving up the crime ladder. At some point they are more likely to kill someone.
I'm not a gun apologist. I agree with effective gun control. But there is no way in hell any kind of ban is going to be effective enough to actually solve the problem. Gun crime AND gun ownership has been in decline since the start of the 90s. The AWB didn't had any affect on that. Nor did it have any affect on the rate when it was not signed back into law.
It is a matter of resources. Do you want to spend billions on trying to round up all the guns in America, or do you want to spend those billions on social programs that can help lower class kids move up the status ladder, and maybe in 30 years you have effectively stemmed part of the vicious cycle.