My article in Howard L J talks about studies that show, essentially, even in the highest of high crime areas, the homicides are mostly confined to a small percent of the population.
http://www.law.howard.edu/dictator/media/229/how_58_3.pdf -----Original Message----- >From: "Kessler, Raymond" <rkess...@sulross.edu> >Sent: Jan 4, 2017 3:56 PM >To: "Olson, Joseph E." <jol...@hamline.edu>, Paul Laska ><dactylographer...@gmail.com> >Cc: "Firearms Reg, List" <firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu> >Subject: RE: Firearmsregprof Digest, Vol 143, Issue 2 > >Generally agreed. The huge rate of incarceration of black adult males is also >factor in the lack of good male fathers as role models for black males. >Single motherhood by poor young females is often a one-way ticket to poverty. > There are other problems in America's black and poor subculture, but I concur >in your general point. >Ray Kessler >________________________________________ >From: firearmsregprof-boun...@lists.ucla.edu >[firearmsregprof-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Olson, Joseph E. >[jol...@hamline.edu] >Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2017 4:36 PM >To: Paul Laska >Cc: Firearms Reg, List >Subject: Re: Firearmsregprof Digest, Vol 143, Issue 2 > >No. > >On Jan 4, 2017 15:27, "Paul Laska" ><dactylographer...@gmail.com<mailto:dactylographer...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > >Folks, being really stupid here... > >Reportedly, 60% of homicide victims are black males > >Reportedly, most of these are associated to gang and related activities > >The overwhelming majority of these deaths occur in select, major metropolitan >areas > >These major metropolitan areas have seen devastation the last 50ish years as a >result of the evisceration of the black family as the result of revised >welfare rules, ostensibly enacted to improve the overall black life, but at >the cost of strong families and, due to a glass ceiling, imposing a limit on >income to welfare recipients. > >As a result of the weakened family, gang activity, accentuated by the lure or >drugs and drug money, has seen exorbitant increases in these centers >especially. > >These metropolitan areas also represent the strictest areas for gun control in >the nation. > >And thus it is the fault of guns there are homicides? > >Am I missing any points? >-- >Paul R Laska >PO Box 1423 >Palm City, FL 34990 > >772-781-9014<tel:(772)%20781-9014> landline >561-722-4435<tel:(561)%20722-4435> cell > >_______________________________________________ >To post, send message to >Firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:Firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu> >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see >http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > >Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. > Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people >can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward >the messages to others. >_______________________________________________ >To post, send message to Firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see >http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > >Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. > Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people >can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward >the messages to others. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
