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Did you see Sen. Elizabeth Warren on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” last week?
She advocated for a nationwide ban on “assault weapons,” using Massachusetts as a model for the country.
“This is the moment when we should show what unity really means. That is, Republicans and Democrats, I’ll issue the open invitation: come together and let’s ban assault weapons in this country now,” she said.
“You know, I come from a state that has really serious gun safety laws,” she continued. “I just want to point out that just what we have in Massachusetts—if the rest of the country would use the same kind of gun laws, we could reduce death by gun by about 40% in this country.”
What? Gun deaths would drop by 40%!!!
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Now, that’s a helluva whopper. No way that’s even remotely true. And, of course, she doesn’t cite her sources for that claim.
While it’s true that Massachusetts has a relatively low level of firearm deaths compared to the rest of the country, it’s also true that it has one of the biggest racial disparities between firearm fatalities.
To put things in perspective, between 2015 and 2019, black males aged 15–34 were 22 times more likely to be victims of firearm homicide than White (non-Latino) males of the same age, according to Google’s AI.
Additionally, black people are 15 times more likely to die from gun homicide in Massachusetts than white people, compared to 10 times more likely nationwide, per Everytown for Gun Safety.
In other words, those stringent gun control laws that Warren touts are completely failing in communities of color. The question is why? And the answer is quite simple.
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Violent drug dealers and gang bangers, who are disproportionately present in these communities, don’t follow the law. And they never will.
It doesn’t matter what gun laws the nation adopts. If we don’t address the drug and gang issue, the violence will continue. More to the point, there’s no way to reduce gun deaths by 40% in this country without tackling drugs and gangs head-on.
Warren’s bullshooting. Data from her state exposes the truth! As we all know, reducing gun deaths is about crime control. It requires a comprehensive approach that addresses the root causes of violence—poverty, lack of education, and limited economic opportunities.
Instead of trying to ban guns, the focus should be on real solutions: investing in community programs, improving education, creating jobs, and strengthening law enforcement efforts against gangs and drug traffickers. Only then can we hope to put a dent in the status quo.
How would you respond to Warren’s claim?
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So she wants to show what unity means by having everybody do exactly if she says.
After all Democrats are disarmed, I’ll get right in line.
What does Fauxcahontas want the central government to do that can’t be done until the populace is disarmed?
….. WE NEED TO KEEP THE RIFLES AND CALL FOR A NATIONWIDE BAN OF … ELISABETH WARREN !!
….. WE NEED TO KEEP THE RIFLES AND CALL FOR A NATIONWIDE BAN OF .. ELIZABETH WARREN, .. !!!!
I hate to be the one to point this out and I KNOW that I’m going to be branded a RACIST for saying it. But, using the very same statistics that Elizabeth Warren and anti-gun organizations use,
STATISTICS SHOW THAT IF MINORITIES OF ALL RACES WERE REMOVED FROM AMERICA, VIOLENT CRIME, ALL VIOLENT CRIME RATES WOULD PLUMMET 85+ PERCENT.
Now, that I’ve said that, I believe that if you want to fix a problem, you need to figure out what is causing the problem and go from there.
Since there is no way, morally or justifiable to literally remove approximately 1/2 of the people who make up America, then like others have said, we as a country need to research the “WHY” minorities are so much more likely to be involved in violent crime, either as a victim or as a perpetrator and then and only then can a realistic solution be found.
Losers appearing on late night shows gaslighting the misinformed isn’t going to solve anything.
It’s time for dinosaurs like Warren to be retired, until Democrats can admit that “ASSAULT WEAPONS” (AKA Machine Guns, Weapons of war) have been illegal since the 60’s.Any rifle or pistol in their opinion is an assault weapon and they will not stop until citizens are unarmed and subservient to the government that citizens created. I think it’s time the government was dismantled and rebuilt. Term limits should be made law – but this would defeat the Democrats ability to grow wealth on our dollar. It is a discrace that idiots like her and others take an office and become a part of a dictatorship and they are continually voted back in.
Typical Anti!!! Anti Constitution, Anti Democracy (Voters votes don’t count)Anti America. Anti Truth!!
What is an “assault weapon”? Decades ago, I was physically attacked by a man, and the only thing I could get my hands on to defend myself was a spoon. I shoved that spoon so hard and deep into that guys gut, he ran off. Is a spoon an “assault weapon”?
hey lady you took the same oath that i had to take (several times for me) so what part of support and defend the constitution is confusing?