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[quote=Anonymous][quote]If guns were banned TODAY do people honestly believe it will have any impact on violence this year? Or, next year? Or ten years from now? Banning guns won’t do anything without a parallel effort to get tough on crime. The criminals know the DC laws are in their favor. That’s not good.[/quote]

Agreed.  I wonder whether crazy shooter would have been so quick to pull out his weapon on a family had he been in a state like Texas or SC where the victim's husband could easily have been armed and shot back at him.

In order for people to agree to give up a right to carry arms, they have to have faith that the legal system will arrest, prosecute and incarcerate criminals.  Right now we are having a societal breakdown in governmental trust on different ends of the political spectrum.  Historically, the justice system has over-prosecuted and over-incarcerated AA for minor crimes while simultaneously underpolicing violent crime.  When communities completely lose faith in the justice system---as arguably many inner-city low income communities have---then violence becomes endemic.  On the other side of the spectrum, right wing media/Trumpism has convinced many white rightwingers that their personal safety is at risk and the anti-police agenda of the far left means that criminals won't be prosecuted---so the rightwing demographic rushes out to buy more guns.  More guns on the street ---regardless of who is holding them---means that more people will be shot.    Myopically left politicians like Charles Allen do not appreciate that they are contributing to this societal breakdown of trust in the justice system and increase in gun circulation just as much as right wing media.  [/quote]

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