The Fury said:
I understand your sentiment but Police brutality will occur with or without guns, yet without guns (which are designed for nothing but killing) less deaths will occur on both sides. |
I disagree. The police will have another role in such a situation. Confiscating guns from law-abiding (and unlawful) black men and women, and likely killing them in the process (except in greater numbers .) This will antagonize the situation, and create more police brutality, not less. Just look what happened to Philando Castile, for politely informing the police officer that he is a lawful concealed carrier. The police are on edge, and giving them the task of confiscating weapons is not a good idea, nor will it work. The number of guns won't be reduced enough to have a significant effect because there are 300 million guns among a population spanning almost 4 million square miles, almost 2,000 urban areas, and 325 million persons.
This is all because the government thought it was okay to prohibit drugs, which led to criminal activity surrounding them. If the government prohibited guns, it would be much, much, much worse. Prohibition doesn't work, it creates crime. We saw this with alcohol prohibition, we saw this with drug prohibition, we will see it if there were gun prohibition.
