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Comment Re:the solution: (Score 2) 651

In times past, yes. Nowadays however gun-rights activists indeed are heavily recruiting minorities to try and appeal to them. The NRA brought on Colion Noir (a black gun owner/vlogger) as a spokesperson, and they were very quick to jump to Shaneen Allen's defense when she (a black woman) was arrested in New Jersey for accidentally violating one of their draconian gun laws.

Simply put - trying to paint the NRA or gun rights activists as racist is a trick that simply doesn't work anymore. 40-50 years ago it was true, but back then half the country was racist. The whole country - including the gun rights movement - has come a long way.

No. Even today, gun laws are enforced disproportionately against blacks.

Best evidence of that is New York's stop and frisk laws. That was basically an experimental suppression of the 4th Amendment. They arrested people mostly for drugs and secondarily for guns. There was lots of court testimony to show that the stops were disproportionately used against blacks.

The overall result was to take guns away from blacks. A lot of black people said they didn't carry guns because they were afraid of stop and frisk. White people didn't have to worry.

Comment Re:13.8 million, over 5 years... (Score 1) 142

It's already like $13 on a domestic flight. I've never seen anyone buy one of those snack boxes either, I'm starting to wonder if those snacks get installed at the factory and then never touched. Some poor sucker who takes them up on their offer would find some fossilized cheezits and peanuts that look like raisins.

Comment Re:This device is not new or interesting (Score 1) 651

For centuries people have had seriously inconsistent black powder. Having all of your bullets fire properly is a 20th century invention. Like I said, the tools are there, but manufacturers have machines that do it more precisely than a human is capable of and don't make mistakes (usually).

For powder, this mostly just means some bullets will be hot or smoky or heavy with residue and you'll have to clean your barrels more often.

Comment Re:the solution: (Score 1) 651

Whatever. Here's an idea, either respect the Constitution and its underlying values, or focus on repealing the Second Amendment using the process provided for doing so.

Legislative end runs around the founders' clearly expressed intents are not acceptable. Why not? Because they'll come for your favorite amendment next.

You don't know what the founder's expressed intention was. What's clear to you isn't clear to a lot of other people. In practice, the Supreme Court decides. Whoever gets a majority in the Supreme Court wins.

I can guarantee you that the Supreme Court will never decide that the Second Amendment allows you to carry a gun into their courtroom.

Comment Re:the solution: (Score 1) 651

As are those, who try to limit the Second Amendment

Everyone who isn't an American often finds themselves wondering at your fascination with weapons.

Well, think about it. Watch some Sam Peckinpah and Rambo movies, and ask yourself, "What kind of country would produce this?"

Comment Re:the solution: (Score 2) 651

The Constitution allowed slavery, for instance, and no vote for women.

It did no such thing, it simply reserved such matters to the States, per the 10th Amendment. The 14th and 19th Amendments changed that of course.

The way I read English, when the Constitution doesn't prohibit slavery, and leaves it to the states, it allows slavery.

Incidentally, the established process of amending the Constitution (Article V) is available for gun control proponents to take advantage of if they think they can actually win a debate on the merits of the issue. All you need to do is convince 2/3rd's of Congress and 3/4ths of the State Legislatures to sign off on a repeal or amendment of the 2nd Amendment. Best of luck with that. :)

Unfortunately, a small, aggressive, well-funded minority can always subvert the democratic process.

Comment Re:the solution: (Score 1) 651

Yes I love how in the 1860s in the US an armed citizenry overthrew a corrupt goverment that allowed the enslavement of its citizens - oh wait, that didn't happen, the armed citizens were there to suppress slave revolts on the south, which was the original purpose of the second amendment - not to overthrow a tyrannical goverment, it was to preserve a tryranical government which allowed slavery - i.e. to allow (white) people to carry guns to suppress local slave revolts - duh, you can't really keep slaves without guns to keep them in line. The freedom loving patriots in the south never rose up to free the black slaves - that took a fucking government army.

The fastest way to get gun control is to have black people carry guns.

In California, as soon as the Black Panther Party started to carry guns, the California legislature passed gun control laws, which Ronald Reagan signed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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