Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: YES, THEY WANT TO TAKE YOUR GUNS AWAY [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,713 posts)And that is having large numbers of minorities buy gun permits.
Now before you do a double take, ponder this: The Red states that are so busy trying to enforce Voter Id laws (and cut funding that would give access to said ids, like our friends in Alabama have) accept Gun permits. If said states were to have to stop accepting Gun Permits, than the NRA would get mad. So,l we would kill two birds with one stone:ensure people could vote, and piss the Good Ol Boys off. Not like the state could restrict the issue of gun permits to certain areas; every two bit one horse town will have access, and the cops and politicos will not dare shut them down
After all, let us not dent that a large reason why Gun ownership is sacred is because the idea of people with a certain skin complexion being armed well enough to scare people into obedience is sacred, from the guy who cannot get the sex he feels due him shooting a bunch of co eds, to some loyal employee shooting up their office, to a scared wanna be cop getting to "stand his ground" and pretend he did not enjoy shooting a black teenager. It is a glorified addiction, and the only way to kill addictions is not to ban them, but make them uncool and undesirable, and once many of these fine folk realize that they will have to get in line with a bunch of people they do not like, when they realize that these people do not like are just as well versed in Gun law, then they will realize owning a gun is not the way to enjoy the power their beloved "founding fathers" enjoyed.
Yes, I know, most juries will never let someone without the right skin complexion employ stand your ground. The Klan could be burning a cross on someone's lawn, and lo and behold the jury would convict the homeowner for firing a warning shot to scare them off, but once gun ownership and the rights this country gives gun owners is no longer a bastion of yes, privilege, it will stop being cool.