Second verse, same as the worst: Random Political Thoughts

Chicago has an extreme black-on-black gang violence shooting problem.  We should solve it by enacting extremely harsh gun laws in Illinois.

You don't actually click on links do you? The second link spells out exactly how the harsh guns laws of Illinois failed, and it had nothing to do with "simply go to another state and purchase a fire arm when they shouldn't". He bought his firearm in Illinois when he shouldn't have been allowed to.


Sure. Most sensible people are behind this.


There we go, that's the right answer.

I disagree.

Knife Attack at Chinese Middle School Leaves Nine Children Dead

Violence will find a way. We need to figure out how to defuse the violence, not disarm the populace.

Not even a little bit.

And yet, despite that being literally in the past, long enough ago that the generation born into it aren't alive anymore*, people remain in their downtrodden, oppressed neighborhoods. Those who rose above their situation, got out. Those who could not, did not, and became a part of the system of oppression.


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*  Apparently redlining is still ongoing (in fact it was particularly strong in the mid-70s which I'd forgotten), so there is still some systemic oppression in place.
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It's like people don't know how to click links anymore (presuming that you're referring to the Gun Violence Archive):
"22,000 Annual Suicides not included on Daily Summary Ledger"

Never said it wouldn't. In fact, previous violence is the most common characteristic of mass shooters. Here's the thing, while you can do mass killings with other items, it's much more difficult. The ease of access to guns is what makes mass shootings more common. That access isn't the cause of the problems in urban neighborhoods.


And redlining isn't the only racist policy of the past that still is ongoing. Zoning is a racist policy in many ways, though it's also a classist policy. Just by zoning areas as single family residential, you have mostly prevented the unwanted (which are mostly people of color) from being able to move into particular areas.

Hong Kong protesters are resisting China pretty well without firearms. Heck, if they were armed, China would have already send in the tanks. Moron.

Who said anything about taking away their guns? I sure as fuck didn't. I said that easy access to a specific type of weapon is what makes mass shootings happen more. I didn't say access to those weapons, I said easy access. Right now, it's too easy to get a semi-automatic rifle. Take that guy most recently in Texas. He got his gun legally without a background check, which he had failed a few years ago, by buying his gun from a private individual. THAT'S too easy access. All gun sales should be required to go through a licensed dealer with a background check done.

Look at it this way. Mass shootings didn't really occur until semi-automatic rifles became common. I don't believe that is coincidental. Sure, there were a few before that, most especially the Clock Tower sniper, but the majority are from after semi-automatic rifles became common. Those same semi-automatic rifles are the weapon of choice in mass shootings. Sure, pistols could be used just as well, but they're not. In fact, pistols are used for most gun violence, but not as much as semi-automatic rifles in mass shootings. Like I said, mass shootings are different beasts with different causes and a different solution.


The policy of zoning started, and was initially implemented, as a racist policy. That it remains is classist, but it enforces the racist reasons for the policy.