(June 19, 2015 at 1:14 pm)Brakeman Wrote:(June 19, 2015 at 1:00 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: Oh, you know it! If our black population (and let's toss in the Latin Americans for good measure) armed themselves to the degree that whites do, white politicians would be stumbling over each other to offer a solution to the 'problem' (though I'd bet that the rhetoric would be even more hysterical -- something along the lines of 'epidemic' or 'crisis').
Errr In my experience black homes have more guns than white judging from my circle of friends. 100% of my black friends have guns.
From a quick google search:
From a voluntary survey that would presumably include illegal guns or gun possession by someone distrustful of a policeman asking about it.
I would say it's already more or less equal.
It doesn't matter if they have them in their homes. They have to be seen with them, or it has little or no impact on people's attitudes. If groups of 10-12 black men strolled through white neighborhoods, openly carrying guns, that would be noticed. But having a gun in their own homes does not any visual impact.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.