Problem recognized a long time ago!(1920s)
“Can not we, the dominant race, upon whom depends the enforcement of the law, so enforce the law that we will prevent the colored people from preying upon each other? ...
Here we have laid bare the principal cause for the high murder rate in Memphis—the carrying by colored people of a concealed deadly weapon, most often a pistol....
It is unspeakable that there is public sentiment among the whites that negroes should not be disturbed in their carrying of concealed weapons....
Neither do we need pistols for the protection of our homes. If we need a firearm to repel a burglar, a sawed-off shotgun with its load of buckshot is far more deadly and surer than the pistol.[29](p.602)
—Senator John K. Shields, a Tennessee Democrat
I find it rather interesting about his claim for a “sawed off shotgun”. Several years ago there was a drug raid in Chicago which netted a large amount of guns. The news showed a large number of single shot sawed off shotguns. Obviously the “A-s-s-sault Rifle” was not one of them.
Where is that Somali Peacekeeping force?