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The 1994 Crime Bill (Clinton) had stiffer penalties for using a weapon during the commission of a crime. Most blacks supported the Clinton crime bill. A Gallup survey in 1994 found that Hispanic and Black citizens favored it to a greater degree than white citizens, 58 percent compared with 49 percent. African Americans are consistently more likely to be concerned about crime than white Americans. They also are the staunchest supporters of tougher gun-control laws and penalties for crimes with guns.

I would encourage my students to come to the dropzone early and practice in lieu of having one at home. Personally, I wanted to see them doing it right. Part of my job was to ensure the muscle memory was properly developed.

You're right. The NRA has painted registration as the evil first step to confiscation - yet they don't seem to recognize every gun manufactured is registered and every gun sold goes thru a wholesaler (registered) and dealer (Registered) and when sold a "Yellow Sheet" (ATF Form 4473) to the end-buyer. Then it gets lost. If we had cradle-to-grave registration (not unlike vehicles) WITH those guns not voluntarily registered were confiscated and smelted (during the commission of a crime) eventually, over ten-twenty years, there would be a significantly less number of weapons on the street. Some would say, that's not good enough - "NOW!" But, imagine how far along we'd be if it had started almost twenty years ago when we first started having these conversations. I'm also in favor of a 10X rule - use a gun during the commission of a crime = automatic 10 years added with no parole.

Because the 509th wasn't on his CV.

Nevertheless, read about it for yourself. Not what the talking heads have to say.

His military CV doesn't indicate that he served with the 509th.

Brent, what you and Winsor are doing is "woke-washing" the issue. When you can't address that there is a problem, you start throwing meme's and video snippets at it. You and I served with many men of color. We worked together, slept together, ate together, played together and we had each other's asses. I can't help but wonder if you would be having this same conversation with them and if you did - do you think they'd have your ass when the time came. A new problem has arisen in the past few years and was highlighted with Ferguson. In the month following the shooting, 105 black men were shot by LE. Some of them justified, most were not. And, it was intensified with George Floyd. But, what it also did was begin a process of exploration into many areas of racism - including legal barriers. You know, when you step on a cat's tail, it screams loudly, but you can't blame the cat for the noise when you were responsible for causing the pain. I don't see what the problem is with taking a long introspective look into what's going on and seeing if we can't do a better job of turning barriers into bridges. Let's not give the issue a dismissive wave of the hand.

I look at it kinda like the cell battery problem a couple of years back. There's issues, let's use a little scientific methodology, figure it out and move on. GM & Hyundai EV's are having issues also, but Brent is on an anti-TSLA rant again.

No argument, Professor. Hence, the proposal to include cradle-to-grave ownership registration.

Recently. More so in the last year. Williams, the Northeastern Illinois professor of urban community studies who worked in violence interruption for two decades, says young men reach for guns when they feel powerless and believe they are left with no other options. Often, schools have failed them, parents have failed them and society itself has failed them, he says. Toss in a pandemic and access to weapons, and a bad situation becomes a desperate one. The release of inmates from the Cook County penal system because of COVID concerns made for an even more toxic blend, Williams believes. https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-gun-violence-and-covid-19/gun-violence-and-covid-19

It will matter if it's a product or process defect.

Don't you think we ought to wait for the "incident report" to see if it's a Tesla or AusNet Services issue.

Nope. I'm thinking they got a myriad of other reasons. Bwaaa haaa haa. Sometimes, I crack meself up.

I don't know that you and I have agreed on anything else in almost twenty years. Well said.

Dirty Dozen reference

Too early for all that logic shit. Your turn to holler at the kids. :)

Cracking me up. Judges tend to get pissy when their orders are not followed.

Oh Lookie. The angry anti-everything U.S. Canadian woke up on his side of the bed. I know you think you said something very profound, but all I heard blah, blah...blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, fuck the U.S.

That's the point. IMO Communities are forms of segregation.

Perhaps that was what Winsor meant. I would hope we can work towards not having communities based on race.

My "suspicion" is a sarcastic attempt at an associative process between T.D. Evans, et.al., White Supremist leadership of Tulsa during the Outrage and her leadership of blacks in St. Louis today.

The opening bid is 27 Trillion. :)

Jerry, Maybe they were scared. How'd you like to run into Samuel Whittemore?

Largest != to the best https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/economy

To Winsor's point. 20 years ago, we had a 4T dollar debt and it was all the scare. Today, we face a 27T dollar debt - and the US population growth has slowed to 8% - Lowest increase since the 1930's