Initial gun control attempt to stop black self defense

If you look at the real history of gun control, its original thrust was to an attempt to deny free blacks the ability to defend themselves. That thrust has now broadened to include all people of any color who are not wealthy or influential enough to obtain permits or have bodyguards.

The DC gun ban has not demonstrated any effectiveness in stopping gun violence related to drug sales or gang activities-it has merely made it difficult to impossible for parents to protect their families, for handicapped or senior citizens to have any chance of defending their lives against a very real physical threat. Having an unknown but fairly significant portion of the lawful population armed is clearly a deterrent to criminals; having an entire city's lawful population known to be unarmed and defenseless, whether in their own homes or traveling through the city for lawful purposes like shopping and going to work increases the certainty in the mind of a criminal that any victim that catches his eye is going to be helpless.

Gun bans in England, Australia, DC, Chicago and other places have clearly resulted in rising violence against a lawful defenseless population, both by guns and by other means. Gun bans will never take guns out of the hands of the criminals. Anyone with a drill press can make a crude zipgun and ammunition to commit a crime. Guns cannot be uncreated, they are a part of the human condition.

Are blacks in DC or Chicago somehow not good enough to be allowed the privilege and right of self-defense that other populations have? Why doesn't the black leadership trust it's own lawful members with the constitutionally guaranteed means to protect themselves?

-Doug Huggins, Colorado

This is part of the July 30, 2008 online edition of Frost Illustrated.

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