Race and guns: St. Paul, Baton Rouge and Dallas | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: This weekend has nothing to do with Obama or the obvious racist backlash against them It does have to do with the racism of some police officers who do not have the manners to treat black citizens as citizens. I would rather police not be armed - and yes I would confiscate the guns in those areas where murder is endemic (like the south side of Chicago) as a public health measure.
All states should both ban assault rifles and prohibit people with a mental health diagnosis from buying guns (that includes me) although we should not go down the slippery slope of taking our votes away too - a mood disorder does not stop me from realizing that Trump is an idiot who should never be allowed to be POTUS. (He probably also has a mood disorder).
The one thing I have been posting all weekend, and the thought fits here as well, is that the Dallas sniper acted as if his group was under attack by the police and acted as the NRA would have had him act. So much for that philosophy. Any time a gun nut says that citizens need guns for protection from the state, I am simply going to say "Dallas." Its time to take the guns. By the way, Heller was an outgrowth of the castle doctrine, it had nothing to do with a general right to have guns and carry them everywhere. It is easily ignored.
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