Okay, let's take a very candid, no nonsense, matter-of-fact look at gun control - or, in the view of some people, the lack thereof. Frankly, the solution to this subject is blatantly linear. For most of life, I was entirely against guns being within the home, especially my home, because the easiest way to avoid accidental injuries and deaths in the home was to simply not have guns in the home. Duh.

As a law abiding citizen, I was very comfortable with guns being primarily in the possession of the military, police, gun collectors or hobbiests, hunters or sportsmen and sportswomen, and yes, the occassional bad guy. Unfortunately, as a Black man, I've personally encountered too many times where White police officers have used their weapons to intentionally threaten law abiding Black people (including me). Plus, I also know of too many instances where White police officers have killed unarmed Black men. Statistically, the rate of serious crimes in the U.S. has been going down for the past twenty-five-(25) or more years, but the death of unarmed Black men and the incarceration rate of Black men continues to increase. Let's look at the crime facts specific to metro Omaha, State of Nebraska, the United States, and the entire world!

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QUESTION 1: So, why do police constantly profile Black men, when the overwhelming majority of the deadliest mass shootings in the U.S. are caused by White men?

RESPONSE: Plain and simple, it's called racism.

Equally important, given that a typical Black household has significantly less wealth ($5,677 assets minus debts) than a typical White household ($113,149 assets minus debts), the clear majority of Black people don't have the economic might to purchase or acquire anywhere as many guns as White people. In an effort to reduce or eliminate the illegal use and acquisition of firearms, common sense dictates law enforcement (which is White-owned and controlled) should direct their focus at persons [predominately White people] who have both the financial means (wealth) and opportunity (ownership of and access to companies, shipping and transportation outlets, etc.) to acquire firearms, which is clearly atypical of and well beyond the resources of the majority of Black people. Most importantly, since Black people don't own any of the companies that manufacture firearms or the ships, trains, and planes that distribute firearms, where and how do Black people get guns? Ultimately, all guns are placed into play by White people, of course (duh!).

QUESTION 2: Given all of the resources, technology, and "privilege" to do whatever they want and whenever they want, do YOU really, really believe White people in law enforcement and the judiciary are too dumb, too stupid, and too inept to find out who is selling guns to Black people? Well??

RESPONSE: White people are not stupid. That's right, White people are not too dumb, too stupid, or too inept to find out who is selling guns to Black people, because White people know, ultimately, "they" are selling guns to Black people!

However, not all White men are bad or evil, and given that the overwhelming majority of men (and women) are simply good and decent folks, such is also true of White men. So, any generic statement asserting the evil of White men or any gender or race is blatantly wrong, stupid, and is extremely counterproductive. Please read the previous two sentences again!

QUESTION 3: How come the overwhelming majority of school shootings in the U.S. occur at White schools and the perpetrators immediately responsible are overwhelmingly White men?

RESPONSE: Mass shootings at Blacks schools or in Black neighborhoods is highly unlikely because the so-called criminal element or gangs in these areas would work outside of police protocol and immediately seek vengenance. When someone kills a gang member or a friend of a gang member, face it, from the Mafia (Italian) to the Yakuza (Japanese), to M-13 (Latino), that's what gangs do - maintain and enforce organizational control (vertical and horizontal) over their territory. Note: Gangs have guns.

CONCLUSION: Predominately White suburban schools are extremely soft targets, not immediately protected by police or the imminent threat of gang retribution.

QUESTION 4: If mass shootings are so deplorable, why do print and broadcast media constantly publicize, promote, market, advertise, and glorify such events and the perpetrators?

ANSWER: Just like "reality television," it's not news, it's entertainment. For the news media, mass shootings are NOT deplorable, and "sensational events of human tragedy" are intentionally used as a catalyst to increase ratings and advertising revenue. It's illegal to falsely yell, "Fire" in a crowded movie theater, but it's perfectly okay to promote a "state of public danger" by constantly saturating print and broadcast media with heinous criminal acts of mass murder and violence. So, why is it illegal to falsely yell, "Fire" in a crowded movie theater, but it's perfectly okay to promote a "state of public danger" by constantly saturating print and broadcast media with heinous criminal acts of mass murder and violence?

RECOMMENDATION: At the state and local level, laws could be passed to limit coverage of "heinous crimes" to no more than a sixty-(60) second news story (via local or national broadcast, cable, internet) compliant with the established journalistic standard of "who, what, where, when, why, and how." Likewise, print media (newspapers, magazines, etc.) would be limited to a one-by-one column inch print story compliant with the established journalistic standard of "who, what, where, when, why, and how." For those who want more information, data will be available by phone, email, fax, or web sites at local, state, federal or designated law enforcement agencies. In summary, the "right of the people" to know is not infringed, and the "freedom of the press" is not infringed. "GUN CONTROL" is not the issue; the issue is:

1. the failure of law enforcement to accurately track and target the demographic most likely to commit crime;

2. the failure of law enforcement to accurately track the illegal distribution of guns;

3. the failure of elected representatives to effectively manage and prevent print and broadcast media from directly encouraging people to commit specific criminal actions of their own.

QUESTION 5: Will the U.S. government repeal or modify the second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, that, "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

ANSWER: No.

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Trip Reynolds
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