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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]African American gun ownership is important and defunding will likely hurt more than help this community. We need strong reforms to the police to ensure they are held accountable.[/quote]

Gun ownership is what is driving all this violence. Until I moved here, I had absolutely no idea how much power the nra has in the AA community. But clearly they’ve got a lot of members and supporters in DC based on the number of shootings. [/quote]
Hate-filled ragers are driving violence, not the weapons. Duh.[/quote]

Funny how societies like Canada which effectively ban handguns have almost no handgun violence!

How does that work, do you think?  Are Canadians just morally superior to Americans or do you think their gun laws are better?[/quote]

Switzerland has no gun violence either and everybody has guns.

Your argument is not valid.

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Cite?

Because I happen to know that European gun ordinances are very strict. Almost no one has a gun. [/quote]

Do you “happen to know” that adult Swiss men are issued a fully automatic machine gun and ammunition to keep at home as part of their “reserve” service?

Do you “happen” to know that various types of firearms, including handguns, are readily obtainable in France, albeit with a licensing requirement?

Do you “happen to know” that firearm suppressors (“silencers”) also are readily obtainable in France?

Do you “happen to know” that European  gun laws are not uniform. Icelanders own one gun for every three people. The Czech Republic has “shall issue” handgun permits. Every country in the European Union makes at least some provision for citizen firearm ownership. In Italy, the number of firearms an individual may own and retain in their home is limited to three common handguns, twelve sporting handguns or long guns, and an unlimited number of hunting long guns.

One could go on and on, but the point is clear that however “very strict” you may think European firearm laws are, it is a complete confabulation to assert that “almost no one owns a gun” there. Plenty of people have legal firearms and plenty more have illegal ones, such as the AK47’s used by terrorists in various attacks.

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