Originally posted by cdtm
Politicians are so timid.Did you know, gun regulation was originally enacted because legislators feared blacks (African Americans? I'm out of touch with current acceptable terms) an armed march on the capital?
If I had absolute power over a nation, I'd suspend all laws and courts, just to see what happens. I bet the riots will burn themselves out, and the people will come together in the end.
I argued with libertarians over this. I suggested that it's retarded to think the second amendment, for the actual purposes it was created (to overthrow a tyrannical government in addition to the militia stuff), is no longer valid due to modern warfare tech.
However, they said to ask the people who ran the USSR or the current US MIC if Afghan insurgents care about modern warfare. I see the point.
But...here's the problem. Black people are killing each other at much higher rates, with guns, than any other racial/ethnicity experiences in the US. I'm all about shitting on racist policies such as removing guns from black people. Let's not do that. But at the same time...I care quit a bit about this problem.
If you can figure out how to save all of these young black lives while also not taking guns away, I would be happy to read your solution and support it.