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That was my reaction, on the face of it his mission didn't sit right with me.
But is the point that he should be able to make that decision for himself and not have his skin colour determine whether he is "suitable" regardless of it being a good idea or not?
I'm pretty sure there's plenty of very poor white areas with high drug use and mental health issues, I wonder if they face the same barriers on gun ownership?
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I agree to some extent. It's a weird one though. Especially the interrelationship between causation
Fine, the criminal justice system in the US is wildly prejudical against Black and Hispanic people and too quick to give custodial sentences. So that removes many right to bare arms.
But is the solution to that opening ownership to the whole group of people who have demonstrated they can't follow rules (ie criminals)?
And while I can well believe that there is nervousness around Black and Hispanic gun ownership by the powers that be, isn't there also a strong link between Democrats and gun legislation and Democrats and urban areas? I mean is that just conspiracy?
Funny how our bias works.
Initially I was all, "what a charmingly articulate man. He's making some great points."
Then I thought about it an wondered why on earth you'd want to expand gun ownership in the sorts of areas with higher drug use and mental health issues?