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[–] BAAC 0 points 14 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago
This. This is the key point.
Obama asked for more and more gun laws, all the while enforcement in places like Chicago were dropping like a rock. In Chicago in 2014, more than 2,500 people were shot – 400 killed – during the commission of various crimes. Police seized 6,252 guns, most of them illegal. How many gun charges did federal prosecutors push? 62. Yup, 62. If you want to be generous, that’s about 1%. And Chicago isn’t unique. According to research by Syracuse University, gun crime prosecutions across the US dropped every year under Obama, hitting an all-time low in 2015. In fact, they were 34.8% lower than in 2004 under Bush.
Don't ask for more laws until you enforce the ones you have.
[–] 10702808? 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
Enforcement in Baltimore is practically non existent and it's coming from the judges. The (republican) governor is running them over the coals for not enforcing gun crime statute sentencing with the ghetto animals. He has also retracted funding for committees that fail to do anything about any of this despite it being their purpose. Now if we can get that at a federal level...and review the laws on the books for common sense we could get somewhere.
[–] Cat-hax 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Because that would be racsists.
[–] hypercat ago (edited ago)
They don't have the time or the money to prosecute. Solution? Take away gun + automatic fine. Can't get drivers license or their EBT. Make the fine payable, but still steep. Like $1,000. And have them do community service if they can't pay it. So you get either 1k for the city coffers, or you get like 80 hours of free city work teaching homeboys to have some manners. make them volunteer in old folks home cleaning up dirty diapers.
[–] greenfascist 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Sounds more civil than a lynching, but I bet we see lynchings before community service.