I am not so much worried about the Muslims, but rather the gangs that are popping up all over the place. They are armed and have the morals of a jackass (donkey).
This much I can agree with you, although I see them as symptomatic of a lot of issues: culture/glorification of violence, crushing poverty (which has ALWAYS gone hand-in-hand with violence), a system quite literally stacked against them (virtually impossible to get out with an inner-city education), disenfranchisement, ongoing oppression (whether real or apparent), all come to mind. Let's not forget the war on drugs, too - it has vastly increased the profits, which led to the big cartels, which stand behind these gangs.
Several large cities have the strictest of gun control and yet, they are 1 and 2 in number of murders by gun.
That's quite an interesting assertion. Got any proof? I ask because I found a study
HERE that, after checking data from 2007 to 2010, found the states with the strictest gun control laws generally had drastically lower gun-related death rates, including New York. And for the record, Detroit does not qualify as either #1 or #2 in gun control laws - those appear to be Chicago and NYC.
This is not to say that if everyone carried a gun, this would go down but it has been shown in other towns where the citizen are handgun owners,. the results of murders are almost 180 degrees in reverse.
Personally, I see the problem being how we glorify violence, not the guns themselves. Both England and Switzerland have drastically lower violent crime rates than the US, but England has more or less banned private gun ownership, while Switzerland requires gun ownership. That tells me that problem lies in attitudes, not the weapons themselves.
The last point I am going to make on Gun Control. In the US, our constitution gives us citizens a right to bear arms. Now there is a on going agenda that wants to rewrite the constitution without going through the proper channels.
Misrepresentation at it's finest. The 'agenda', as you put it, is that a lot of people understand that one person having a gun doesn't mean that they are magically immune to crime, that the bad guys will always get guns as long as they're widely available, and that the bad guys are more than willing to use them. Yes, a lot of people feel that the second amendment is outdated and causing more harm than good, and while I don't agree with them, I at least have made a point of understanding their arguments.
What they're NOT trying to do is ignore the constitution. SCOTUS has indicated that guns can be regulated to a certain point in the best interest of society itself, as long as certain very broad limites aren't crossed. Registration, licensing, and the like are all perfectly valid (just as with any other highly dangerous equipment), and localities are more free than state and federal governments to restrict when and where guns can be carried. If you, like so many extreme right-wingers, feel that the second amendment prohibits any and all government regulation of firearms, then there are political movements and representatives' phone numbers available.
Borrowing a saying from Benjamin Franklin and change it just a little. " when you give up your liberties for Security, You will have neither' ("you deserve neither")..
Specifically, the quote is "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.", and he first said that in his 1755 letter to the Pennsylvania Assembly. I've always been fond of this quote, especially since 2001 and the stripping of so unbelievably many of our rights by USA PATRIOT Act. That is, in large part, what drove me from the GOP.
This does not only pertain to guns, but to any liberty we have. (i.e. Obamacare takes away the liberty of each person to find their own healthcare. This has has been replaced with a national one party healthcare system that has raise prices so far, several million people cannot afford it. therefore, one liberty lost in hopes that the government would provide a healthcare type security. We now have none or very little security in this area. )
Detroit feel down because of 1. Labor unions; 2. tax and spend Democrats and 3. Handouts to the less fortunate instead of training so they might feed themselves. I was there in 69' when it was a booming and vibrant city. However, later that year, The blacks burnt their own areas down to protest. We see this continued today.
As non-gun related, I will pass on addressing these. If you wish to start other topics regarding US health care, Detroit's history and problems, or racial relations, I will be happy to address these in the proper place. For the record, however, I may not be entirely unbiased, as I work in Health Care and grew up and live just outside Detroit.
