'Killing time' in Washington DC

[kai]

"Killing time" is what locals call the midnight hour in Washington, DC's Trinidad Neighborhood.

In the early morning hours of 19 July, 13-year-old Alonzo Robinson was shot dead.


BBC NEWS | World | Americas | 'Killing time' in Washington DC

 

[Jeremy Mason]

It is illegal to posses a gun in Washington DC which proves that gun legislation does not work.

The lady is right, without work and a stable income, people will resort to crime in order to get by. Desperation is a killer.

 

[Nessa]

It is illegal to posses a gun in Washington DC which proves that gun legislation does not work.

The lady is right, without work and a stable income, people will resort to crime in order to get by. Desperation is a killer.

I do not think it proves gun control laws have no effect on murder. It's difficult to prove or disprove the value of gun control. Look at it this way, governments and society have been trying for thousands and thousands of years to prevent crime and murder. We know we haven't prevented crime but have we been able to deter some crime ? In the 19th century it appears gun control laws in America had some effect on crime.

The Supreme Court over-ruled DC's gun control law a month or so ago. Though I'm not sure what effect it's had on gun ownership yet.

FOXNews.com - Supreme Court Strikes Down D.C. Gun Ban, Upholds Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum

 

[kai]

It is illegal to posses a gun in Washington DC which proves that gun legislation does not work.
are they illegal?
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Q&A: Gun laws in Washington DC

The lady is right, without work and a stable income, people will resort to crime in order to get by. Desperation is a killer.

and why hasnt anyone thought of that one simple solution ---arm everyone.

 

[zenzero]

Friends,
No laws work perfectly as we are humans and all desires generate in the Mind and which is *UNCONTROLABLE*. That is the reason religions even after showing us a Way, we still miss it.
Love & rgds

 

[Jeremy Mason]

and why hasnt anyone thought of that one simple solution ---arm everyone.

Yeah, "inorder to have safety, we need to take the safety off." Steven Colbert

 

[Jeremy Mason]

I do not think it proves gun control laws have no effect on murder. It's difficult to prove or disprove the value of gun control. Look at it this way, governments and society have been trying for thousands and thousands of years to prevent crime and murder. We know we haven't prevented crime but have we been able to deter some crime ? In the 19th century it appears gun control laws in America had some effect on crime.

The Supreme Court over-ruled DC's gun control law a month or so ago. Though I'm not sure what effect it's had on gun ownership yet.

FOXNews.com - Supreme Court Strikes Down D.C. Gun Ban, Upholds Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum

Criminals will alway have guns. What benifit is there by disarming the innocent.

 

[tomspug]

The only people that gun control applies to are non-criminal civilians: THE ONES WHO DON'T KILL PEOPLE! Please explain to me how gun control takes guns away from criminals AT ALL.

 

[kai]

The only people that gun control applies to are non-criminal civilians: THE ONES WHO DON'T KILL PEOPLE! Please explain to me how gun control takes guns away from criminals AT ALL.

its a long process you have had a few hundred years of the tradition of carrying around lethal weapons, the goal is NO guns=NO gun crime, not guns for some or guns are us, but NO guns, end of finito, banned.Not made for consumers not sold in the store, or given to you by the bank ,all gone , it would take years but hey think of the next generation or the one after that, it would be like hey theres a gun on TV.

 

[Apex]

its a long process you have had a few hundred years of the tradition of carrying around lethal weapons, the goal is NO guns=NO gun crime, not guns for some or guns are us, but NO guns, end of finito, banned.Not made for consumers not sold in the store, or given to you by the bank ,all gone , it would take years but hey think of the next generation or the one after that, it would be like hey theres a gun on TV.

And the people who enjoy recreational shooting or hunting?

 

[kai]

And the people who enjoy recreational shooting or hunting?

i don't see a problem with hunting rifles being licensed, i am really talking about the weapons specifically designed to kill people, like hand guns and assault rifles.

 

[Jeremy Mason]

If it's tourist season, why can't we hunt them? Joking.