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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
My somewhat cynical view is that once "the Brown people" start intentionally shooting and killing more Whites (as opposed to killing their own or randomly doing so), then the whites of America will suddenly clamor for gun control, but only in a way that it affects the brown people of the country.
America was founded on violence and racism, and on the allegedly superiority of wealthy, landed white men. It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that, some 240 years later, the wealthy, landed white men continue to do whatever they can to keep their control and power, whether through electoral rigging, packing the courts, or otherwise.
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That said, on the 60 Minutes episode last Sunday regarding bleed packs, there was some pretty compelling video footage that students took while they were inside a classroom getting shot up. Lots of screams, lots of panic, etc.
Someone running a gun control campaign should compile all of that video footage--along with some from Las Vegas, from Borderline, from wherever---and just run a two minute long commercial (during the Super Bowl would be great, hint, hint) that is nothing but a minute and a half of shots ringing out and people screaming. And then the remaining half minute can be of all of the politicians saying "thoughts and prayers" and "now is not the time to discuss guns" and voting down gun control legislation.
Done properly, such a commercial could be pretty compelling and just might change the national conversation.
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You are right. But there is a certain detail that oft gets overlooked in the conversation.
States control their own gun laws.
The ONLY way to make gun control laws effective is they need to be federal laws. If the federal government even hinted at beginning that process of controlling guns, the states & individuals would take them to court so fast, and no judge would ever rule in favor of the feds overstsepping their bounds.
Therein lies the problem and America will forever have a gun problem.