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TX: Mayor Pro Tem Hopes Dallas Reconsiders Hosting NRA Convention
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Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway says more must be done to address the proliferation of illegal guns and wants the city to reconsider hosting an upcoming NRA convention. Monday’s night’s Dollar General murder happened in Caraway's district. The mayor pro tem says the combination of the store clerk’s murder and the South Texas church massacre make it clear that it's time politicians begin finding solutions to stop the slaughter. |
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"The mayor pro tem says the combination of the store clerk’s murder and the South Texas church massacre make it clear that it's time politicians begin finding solutions to stop the slaughter."
Slaughter? Murder has been trending down since the early 90s, apart from an uptick recently after eight years of Obamanomics and fanning of flames among the various identity groups the Democrats separate us all into. Let's at least deal in facts, not hype, ok?
With that said, it is obvious that less murder is better than more murder. Gun laws are not going to accomplish that. Gun control would not have stopped the church shooting, but it may have stopped the guy who put an end to it from doing so.
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If you want to really address the root causes of violence, it's going to take some introspection on the part of proponents of victim and identity politics and the toxic effects of the welfare/dependency state. That's the biggest cause of murder by far, though it doesn't get the press that the mass killings do.
The people whose election depends on having a large and permanent underclass of downtrodden for them to claim they're saving have no incentive at all to actually help any of their constituents. After all, if someone is lifted out of victimhood, what need does he have for Democrats anymore? Better to keep the "victims" marginalized, hopelessly boxed in and begging for scraps than to help them to be at the table themselves. |
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