Baltimore Men March to Stem Violence

Baltimore Sun ^ | July 5, 2013 | Tricia Phillips

[Count of Monte Fisto]

I’ll take these people seriously when they stop stomping all over the right of the people to keep and bear arms and shoot back at the vermin.

Do you realize that these young black men are exercising their right to keep and bear arms and most of their victims would be considered vermin.

[Standing Wolf]

Do you realize that these young black men are exercising their right to keep and bear arms and most of their victims would be considered vermin.

I guess I must have overlooked that.

In full seriousness: it doesn't matter whether a criminal's victim is a fellow criminal or the saintliest person in town: murder is murder is murder.

The sad sorry simple fact of the matter remains unchanged: it's impossible for ordinary law-abiding American citizens in Maryland to keep and bear arms legally for their own defense.

[Count of Monte Fisto]

it's impossible for ordinary law-abiding American citizens in Maryland to keep and bear arms legally for their own defense.

This is true. But my point would be that even if you had Vermont style Constitutional gun rights in Maryland it wouldn't make a difference to the young black males in Baltimore who mainly shoot their fellow young black males, of the sort hardly considered ordinary law-abiding American citizens. They all disregard gun control laws anyway.

[GOPJ]

Shining cities turning into cesspools - - culture matters...

[Mears]

“Yes. We have a great one as well. They are among the best.”

.

Yes you do—I have a son-in-law who raves about it.. My local is Fenway Park.

Tropicana Field is the worst IMHO. (I’ve never been there but just watching the games on TV makes me shudder) :-)

.

[PapaBear3625]

There are "just too many black faces dying on the streets," he said.

Police commissioner is upset that the faces are black.

[PapaBear3625]

Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts

[bert]

His name is Tony, but everybody calls hin Ding

[PapaBear3625]

But my point would be that even if you had Vermont style Constitutional gun rights in Maryland it wouldn't make a difference to the young black males in Baltimore who mainly shoot their fellow young black males, of the sort hardly considered ordinary law-abiding American citizens. They all disregard gun control laws anyway.

When black leaders call for more gun control, I treat it as a "dog whistle" for "disarm the white folks".

[Standing Wolf]

...even if you had Vermont style Constitutional gun rights in Maryland it wouldn't make a difference to the young black males in Baltimore who mainly shoot their fellow young black males, of the sort hardly considered ordinary law-abiding American citizens. They all disregard gun control laws anyway.

That's entirely true, Count of Monte Fisto, but do we really care much about criminals? The people I'm concerned about are the law-abiding citizens who are prohibited by law from defending themselves. They're the people the criminal and political class has disarmed and means to keep disarmed.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Maryland “Freak State” PING!