go ahead and say Lol, but at least when I use Lol i specifically address what I’m Loling at
“America is a Gun"
–Brian Bilston
England is a cup of tea.
France, a wheel of ripened brie.
Greece, a short, squat olive tree.
America is a gun.
Brazil is football on the sand.
Argentina, Maradona’s hand.
Germany, an oompah band.
America is a gun.
Holland is a wooden shoe.
Hungary, a goulash stew.
Australia, a kangaroo.
America is a gun.
Japan is a thermal spring.
Scotland is a highland fling.
Oh, better to be anything
than America as a gun.
We are failing our children.
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“We are failing our children” is something I can LOL at.
With that said…
You cannot ban assault-style weapons in America. It’s impossible, especially in the current climate we are in politically. That includes AR15s. There are too many weapons in circulation.
Merely using total deaths from gun violence without regard to any other factors is ignorant, because it’s not black and white (pun not intended)
As I’ve said above, which continues to be not taken serious by some users here → Black crime is largely the result of historically racist policies set by white politicians to benefit the white majority. Even post-slavery, post-Jim crow, post-civil rights act, the affect of these policies continue to affect this demographic to this day.
American real estate, largely built on white flight (suburban sprawl), was racist in theory and continues to have racist elements (more-so, fiscally) because when black residents move into white neighborhoods, home values decline, further incentivizing white flight.
By not allowing black people (and hispanics to an extent) to not participate in capitalism until the late 1900s, it’s essentially impossible for them to escape poverty and inner cities that lack the resources of white suburbs, resulting in crime and violence.
This is not the same as a radical school shooter who developed mental issues either from a broken home or what they learn on the internet.
https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/blog/advocacy/federal-assault-weapons-laws-and-legislation/
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In 1994, Congress passed the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, commonly referred to as the “Assault Weapons Ban.” This law prohibited the manufacture or sale for civilian use of certain semi-automatic weapons and magazines that could accommodate 10 rounds or more.1Notably, Congress authorized the legislation for 10 years. When Congress did not renew it in 2004, the Act expired.
The FBI never met a citizens’ group it couldn’t classify as terrorists. Apparently, carrying a rosary makes me one.
Yes, that’s why I said “in the current political climate”
Regardless, the weapons ban didn’t stop Columbine, which wasn’t the first school shooting but it was the shooting that set off the chain reaction of shootings following
A weapons ban also doesn’t solve how you remove the millions of assault-style weapons that are currently in the hands of Americans.
You’re insane if you think that’ll come without a fight
That’s just gibberish hyperbole.
Apparently, carrying a rosary makes me one.
Huh ?
What do you consume to get such extreme
points of view ?
Just wow.
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This is hardly a dent lol
This is also doesn’t tell us if these guns are in a matter of excess or if they are the primary weapons being bought back
LOL I see you didn’t read the article provided to you.LOL
According to data from our ABC13 Neighborhood Safety Tracker, after the first two gun buyback events, violent crime went down in Third Ward and Alief.
So you were proven wrong on your claim there will be a fight, you double down on your view points feelings without providing data, and you’ve just been re-given the facts again.
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We do prohibit guns at certain places at certain times. Court, football games, airports, etc. We need to figure out the etc.
What we have is a free for all here and here is the only place like that.
Having all the guns you want at home and prohibition of WMD in public places are different things while no one and I mean no one is asking for a total confiscation of all guns but is the driving force behind the let’s do nothing since we can’t stop all of them crowd. A little smartness is needed. Sooner would be better than later.
TLDR;
Red flag laws needed NOW
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When did I say anything about crime in Third Ward or Alief?
Going down hard ?
You said this:
This is hardly a dent lol
I just gave you evidence of a dent LOL
Hardly a dent in the overall number of guns in circulation.
I didn’t say anything about Crime
News. And coffee.
guns in circulation and violent crimes.
A correlation perhaps ?
From your article .
Wray argued with Hawley, saying that he was conflating two distinct things: the memo that the Richmond FBI office has since rescinded and a separate investigation into a man who was amassing molotov cocktails and making threats. In regard to the memo that targeted Catholics, Wray said employees have been admonished and their salaries may be affected.
Do you care about guys amassing molotov cocktails ?
I do.
And I don’t care what religion they may associate with or color they may be.
As for the Foxnews segment on RFK Jrs
insights , that organization has a credibility problem and Jr is just not someone I take serious on anything.
Did you even read the article that you claimed I didn’t read?
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First of all, overall gun violence increased over the course of the Pandemic, so obviously, post-Pandemic now that people are working again, especially in low-income demographics crime goes down.
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Have you ever though that perhaps black, low income communities like THird Ward and Alief were affected the most by the pandemic? Have you considered that perhaps guns sold were a representation of them actually needing money instead of needing weapons due to their nature of their environments?
Regardless, a mere decrease in gun violence isn’t the end of gun violence, especially in places like Third Ward or Alief overall.
Let’s also not forget that even in the hypothetical scenario where a total weapons ban happens, or hell… a complete weapons ban happens. This doesn’t fix the very economic issues plaguing black communities to begin with. The very economic issues that are largely responsible for the gun violence, which again, is a result of the very racist policies from over multiple generations.
The last gun buy back in Houston was the largest and happened in May 2023. This is post pandemic, and at time when we had low unemployment and high employment.
So, no, I find your premise that the numbers were from low income participants and due to pandemic hardships suspect.