[sanjuanbob]

I’ve been an NRA member for many years and am a strong second amendment supporter. That being said, I’ve lately considered that possibly one gun control measure might really have some bearing on violence. Ban all blacks from owning firearms. It would take the majority of guns that are committing crimes off the streets. I wonder if the liberals would agree.

[econjack]

I cannot find a reference to this, but I remember a debate between Orin Hatch and Jesse Jackson on gun control; Hatch against, Jesse for. Jesse was preaching as he is want to do and Orin just sat there and listen to the crap and platitudes fall from Jesse's mouth. After several minutes, Jesse looked at Hatch and said: "So, what do you say to that!"

Hatch looked at him and said: "Mr. Jackson, if we removed all of the shooting deaths committed by black men between the ages of 17 and 35, we'd have a lower crime rate than Switzerland."

The camera panned to Jackson...

Crickets...fade to commercial...

[wardaddy]

You are likely unaware of that irony

Segregation laws like gun control at blacks were to a large degree for that very reason much like much of black codes laws

Fear of black group behavior and to a lesser degree their political power if gained

And I ask anyone......were those fears unfounded?

Take say issaquenna county Mississippi north of Vicksburg....80-90% black population from reconstruction till today......if you were a white landholder who toiled and clearer your cotton or soybean farm there what would you do?

It’s like Rhodesia

More telling is that in those days blacks as a group behaved much much better as a culture with only 20-25% illegitimacy then

We are in fact in much more precarious situation today than most realize

Those of us from majority black areas know