While its statistically true that blacks commit more violent crimes than whites, I ask the question again: what does this knowledge get us? We aren’t going to start locking up blacks because they’re black.
More to the point, what are you doing about preventing violent crime in your own little corner of the world? Your about page indicates that you’re from AZ which has some of the best gun laws in the country and open carry there is common. Do you carry openly, or do you leave your safety up to the benevolence of the local government?
I don't know, what does the knowledge get you that a rattle snake may bite you and can be deadly?
“More to the point, what are you doing about preventing violent crime in your own little corner of the world? Your about page indicates that you’re from AZ which has some of the best gun laws in the country and open carry there is common. Do you carry openly, or do you leave your safety up to the benevolence of the local government?”
It is very seldom that I am not carrying. I was carrying before we had the shall issue law in Arizona.
You do not have to convince me on the merits of carrying. I propose that we push for more law abiding black people to carry.
Maybe then they would not feel such a need to respond to peer pressure to not be a snitch.
A majority of black people are not criminals. If we could convince them that they would be treated reasonably fairly by the courts, it would be a big step forward in race relations.
If more of them carried, and it they found that they could not be illegally deprived of that right, maybe we could make some progress.