Charleston church shooting: Without gun control, racism will keep killing black people

[sarisataka]

67. Many of the laws in other countries are

extreme. Yet in this country gun control proponents freak out at the mention of legalizing silencers, yet in European countries they are often legal or even required for hunting. So I guess "extreme" is a matter of perspective.

The rest of your post is pretty much opinion so I will leave you to your opinions; I have no illusions about being able to change them.

Considering that I am the unusual combination of liberal, gun owner and favor gun control you should consider myself a potential ally of convenience rather than try and convince me I am conservative (and maybe racist).
Luckily for you-
a) my liberalism is based on decades of education and life experience and is very well grounded

b) I don't care what you, or anyone, thinks of gun ownership. I have used guns in peace and war, know intimately what they can do and who is ultimately responsible for that bullet

c) the combination of the above has given me insight into what I see as "common sense" gun control. While I will read the propaganda of alphabet organizations for and against, it takes a lot to get past my "BS meter". I check sources and then check their sources. My "common sense" ideas are the ones having successes (as the prior referenced Domestic Violence Firearm Law) so I believe I am on the right track with mainstream opinion. There are more laws I would like to see enacted, and a few struck from the books, but I also realize the wheels of change move slow. The polarity of the issue only slows it further but I will keep applying pressure in my own little way.