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In reply to the discussion: Sunday Shooting Review [View all]TxRider
(2,183 posts)It is my understanding according to FBI statistics that the largest demographic for murders is young black males killing young black males, mainly inner city.
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-offense-data
In my view this is mainly an artifact of the war on drugs and it's disproportionate affect on inner city communities.
It has driven a wedge between law enforcement and the community, it has encouraged lawlessness, and to be frank with a multi billion dollar industry in just pot alone, and no recourse for those in that black market to resolve disputes using police and courts, violence and murder have become the method of resolution. Just it did in minority communities during alcohol prohibition, which spawned the original assault weapons ban back in 1934 known as the national firearms act. Before that law anyone actually could just buy a machine gun as easily as from the sears catalog.
Simply put race is a side issue. If you create through law a black market worth billions of dollars which millions will participate in, and you leave no other way to resolve disputes legally for those people with so much cash at stake, you should expect nothing less than rampant killing as they settle disputes themselves with violence. It may seem like a racial dog whistle to you, to me it's simply that that community is being more affected by our insane drug war policies.