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CNN.com front page today has this link:

Does race shape our passion for guns?
Each week seems to bring a new video of a white man shooting a black man. The link between race and guns, though, is as old as the nation itself, writes CNN's John Blake. FULL STORY

i refuse to believe john blake is a real reporter. the f**k is that? every week we've got videos of white men shooting a black man. yes, that's what's happening. it's all whitey killing the poor defensless blacks

there's a few videos of white cops shooting blacks yes. but that has to do with COPS shooting people, not INDIVIDUALS shooting people. crime and race are linked but apparently John Blake (who is not a real reporter i think... maybe he's a middle school intern?) doesn't seem to grok that it's almost all blacks killing blacks. oh those must just be numbers. the way he feels though is that it's all the white man doing this

Blacks kill more blacks then white cops do.

very enlightening thread.

But race does play an important role in gun culture. White people, with more dexterity in their thumbs are better able to work the hammer in traditional guns. Black people don't have opposable thumbs so never developed a use for guns until the development of semi automatics.

is it racism or is it classism?

and don't you dare go modern marxist on me and say they're one in the same.

they are clearly one in the same

One goal should be have the police force reflect the community makeup. That is, if the community is 70% minority or whatever number, the makeup of the police force should reflect that.