Again, I don't know what to tell you. I find it hard to believe your that out-of-touch with reality. Yes, it is a crime to even "handle" a weapon, in a hundred different circumstances. If you are seen handling a weapon anywhere in public...you have gone a long way down the road towards arrest and a trip to the hoosegow. You didn't know that?
Well, good -- I don't think people should be openly brandishing weapons in public. But you still won't answer my question -- how many people are arrested and jailed for using guns to protect themselves against criminals? Why won't you answer that -- maybe because it isn't true that it's a real problem?
You don't know about the thousands of people who have been stuffed in prisons unjustly, in this country? You don't know about all the inner city folks who get caught in a dilemma...needing to carry a weapon to survive, and being busted for it? You didn't know there are thousands of black folks thrown in prison on gun-related charges...when many of them were only trying to survive in a virtual war zone (their own neighborhood)? Or were you just assuming that all fourteen hundred thousand black people in jail were all 'guilty'? Watch that wretched show "Cops" sometime. Each show they throw about five black people in jail on gun charges when the reality is, many of them just want and need protection.
Well, I'm quite familiar with the situation you describe, living in one of the most dangerous cities in America -- so go easy on the lectures. My city is brimming over with guns, and as a result, black kids are killing each other at the rate of nearly one per day. Any black citizen can get a gun legally, just like any white citizen. But gun makers and dealers prey upon the lower classes, and the illegal trade in handguns is a major factor in the violence.
And it's not about upstanding black citizens carrying guns for protection and getting arrested. That's pathetically naive and dishonest, and shows you have little or no understanding of the dynamic of inner cities and no familiarity with crime statistics. The cheap and easy availability of illegal guns fuels the violence associated with the drug trade -- a deadly mix. As a self-professed libertarian, surely you understand how the prohibition of drugs factors into this.
A "gun ban?" Not in Baltimore. The statement is ludicrous. Guns are available to anyone who wants them -- legally or illegally. And I have no problem with jailing people who support the illegal gun market, or who don't go through legitimate channels to legally purchase their gun.
And George W and some legislators signing a piece of paper...that means something? A majority of these 'PC libs' you have pointed out, signed off on the Iraq War too. Woodrow Wilson practically signed his name in blood pledging that American boys would never go to war. 99.5% of those politicians are absolutely meaningless and utterly corrupted. And yet you think their actions signify something? Count me out.
You're the one who brought up the gun seizures in New Orleans. I presented you with another piece of the story -- how outraged citizens fought back and put laws into place to protect their privacy and their right to possess guns. That nullifies your constant cries of "They're taking our guns away!" and your assertion that pro-gun control PC liberals are a danger to your arsenal.
But you don't let facts get in the way of your firearm proselytizing -- you'd rather throw around unsubstantiated soundbites and NRA propaganda. I have no problems discussing gun law and philosophy with people who take the time to actually educate themselves. But trying to have a discussion with a propagandist is not worth the time.
So put some facts where your mouth is, or admit you're only parroting pro-gun propaganda.
