10-03-2015, 11:44 AM
(10-03-2015, 07:07 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: The sad reality is that we're immune to inner city violence and write off the victims as being less valuable. Maybe it's the socioeconomic factor, the race factor, or the fact that we just assume that every victim was part of the criminal activity that is associate with inner city gun violence.
Maybe it's because we won't like the answer when we ask "how did the killer get the gun?" because it will not support arguments for restrictions on the legal sale of guns.
I think a lot of it has to do with the last part of your post.
There is no clean easy way to stop gang violence (aside from ending the drug war) that won't require a lot of work from citizens. You can't legislate things away, never has actual prohibition worked. It makes things worse.
