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by **Turtleneck** 2016-01-07, 13:22

I firmly believe that part of the current intransigence is because those gun homicides disproportionately affect poor minorities. (Gun suicides disproportionately affect white people.) Indeed, the only time that national figures seem to get fully engaged is in the wake of mass shootings that involve white people, either as shooters or victims.

“When a group of Panthers demonstrated at the Statehouse in Sacramento carrying loaded rifles and shotguns, the organization drew national news attention and (at least temporarily) rallied many political conservatives, including Gov. Ronald Reagan, to the cause of gun control.”

Reagan said of the Panthers’ action at the time:

“I don’t think that loaded guns is the way to solve a problem that should be solved between people of good will. And anyone who would approve of this kind of demonstration must be out of their mind.”

(This episode stands in stark contrast to the armed white men now occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.)

In response to the Panthers, the California legislature passed and Reagan signed the Mulford Act, which banned the open carry of firearms in the state. The N.R.A. supported the measure. The bill’s author, Don Mulford, said at the time, “We’ve got to protect society from nuts with guns.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/opinion/gun-control-and-white-terror.html

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2016-01-07, 13:22

So you've just totally given up on your goal to make the swill bin great again, eh?

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2016-01-07, 13:24

so the article is saying that our country has different standards for white people than black people?

I never noticed.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2016-01-07, 13:24

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:So you've just totally given up on your goal to make the swill bin great again, eh?

I think Turtleneck is trying to send a message.

by **Turtleneck** 2016-01-07, 13:25

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:So you've just totally given up on your goal to make the swill bin great again, eh?

I think Turtleneck is trying to send a message.

It's how we lost LWS.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2016-01-07, 13:26

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:So you've just totally given up on your goal to make the swill bin great again, eh?

I think Turtleneck is trying to send a message.

can we, instead, talk about recruiting? I'm really interested in the decisions a 16-17 year old kid may or may not make.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2016-01-07, 13:28

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:

I think Turtleneck is trying to send a message.
can we, instead, talk about recruiting? I'm really interested in the decisions a 16-17 year old kid may or may not make.

Hey, Bob, I wasn't complaining. Shut your face.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2016-01-07, 13:28

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:can we, instead, talk about recruiting? I'm really interested in the decisions a 16-17 year old kid may or may not make.

Hey, Bob, I wasn't complaining. Shur your face.

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by **Turtleneck** 2016-01-07, 13:33

Robert J Sakimano wrote:so the article is saying that our country has different standards for white people than black people?

I never noticed.

That seems to be the case. He refers to gun control as "white terror." He notes historical instances where the targets of gun control were whites, but also notes times when even conservative politicians backed gun control because blacks were a perceived threat to white political dominance. Clearly saying that today's fight against gun control is because blacks are most impacted by gun violence, and if it was the other way around, there would be far less of a fight.

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