03-31-2017, 08:30 PM
(03-31-2017, 08:23 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: If a person has been convicted of a felony, they are not allowed to possess a gun, right? What is wrong with stopping and checking to make sure that they don't have one? It is no different that Driver License check points that States conduct.
Can you tell a felon on sight? Do we brand them on the forehead, or something, and I was unaware? Did a felon give up all of his rights after serving time?
Interestingly enough, when looking at those graphs again it is hard to even argue correlation. Crimes were on the decline well before the implementation of stop-and-frisk. You'd have a better argument for correlation between the drop in violent crimes and the federal assault weapons ban.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
