Gun laws myth the target

Washington Times ^ | 11/30/02 | Thomas Sowell

[kattracks]

Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm of Bentley College deserves some sort of special prize for taking on the thankless task of talking sense on a subject where nonsense is deeply entrenched and fiercely dogmatic. In her recently published book, "Guns and Violence," she examines the history of firearms, gun-control laws and violent crime in England. What makes this more than an exercise in history is its relevance to current controversies over gun control in the United States.

[Victoria Delsoul]

The first step to a Socialist society is to take the guns away from people.

In Switzerland, people are required by law to keep a gun in their homes, and crime is virtually unknown. Since criminals carry guns, why shouldn't law-abiding citizens do the same?

[Maelstrom]

I swear to you, it's not race, it's culture.

And half the "whites" crimes are from people following the same corrupt and broken culture.

[eyes_only]

"Good point, link. Crime isn't attacked in major urban areas. It has become an industry that provides a living for socialists...at the expense of many victims."

Yours is a good point too, PGalt. There is little doubt in my mind that the government (at any level) knows that less guns means more crime. It should follow, then, they are not interested in saving lives and property, but more concerned with attaining their great society at the expense of freedom, the blood of Citizens, and the destruction of private property. What better way to attain those goals than by outlawing the means that would hinder those goals while insuring their own safe haven against retribution or revolt?

 

That's the logical conclusion(and I thought everyone knew that)

So, best to act accordingly!

[Right_in_Virginia]

"In England, as she (Joyce Lee Malcom) points out, over the centuries "violent crime continued to decline markedly at the very time that guns were becoming increasingly available."

Interesting. Ms. Malcom's thesis appears to support the modern American wisdom that outlawing guns means only outlaws will have them.

Could she be right????

[monkeyshine]

I swear to you, it's not race, it's culture.

Oh I know that. But culture is next to impossible to define. Race is much easier to classify.

Could the DOJ do statistics on the number of killers (and killed) who come from single family homes/drug addicted/alcoholic parents, high-school dropout/flunkie, low income neighborhoods, listen to rap music, speak excessive slang, etc?

[Maelstrom]

I disagree.

Race is as impossible to define as culture today.

The fact of the matter is if your great-great-grandmother was married to a black man, and that's the only black person in your family, you're defined as black. "Just one drop" policy.

It's just wrong. Culture is actually more easily defined because actions and beliefs dictate it. All you have to do is name it. It isn't traditional American culture.

[nygoose]

Senate Document 2807, entitled "The Right to Keep and Bear Arms", is the 1984 report of the Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on the constitution. The purpose of the committee was to determine the Founders' reasons for creating the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

All patriots should be familiar with this document. It has not been distributed in the media in this country for reasons which will become obvious to you upon reading it. I have only linked to the report because of its length. However, there is a short introduction and summary written by Committee Chairman Senator Orrin Hatch.

The Right to Keep and Bear Arms

[blackie]

Great link, thanks!

Molon Labe!

[nygoose]

Thanks! BTW, I love the links on your Freeper home page.

[blackie]

Thanks... :o)