Council Members Jumaane D. Williams and Fernando Cabrera will serve as Co-Chairs of the taskforce. The Council’s taskforce will work with academic experts, law enforcement and community based groups across the five boroughs to examine the root causes of gun violence, locate resources to combat gun violence and develop additional ways of tackling the problem across the city. [More]So they're renouncing Marxism? And embracing the Bill of Rights?
Friday, September 09, 2011
Getting to the Root of the Problem
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"This task force is further demonstration of their deep commitment to the issue. They don't just talk about solving the problem; they take meaningful action to do something about it."
Apparently, their "commitment" wasn't all that deep, and their "action" wasn't all that meaningful, given the 67 people shot in New York City over the Labor Day weekend.
It sounds like the function of the "Taskforce to Combat Gun Violence Taskforce" (yes, they did say "Taskforce" twice) is to get people together to tell each other what wonderful people they are to be so deeply committed to ending gun violence, while taking no action of any consequence to actually end gun violence, just the same as they have been doing in New York City for decades.
When the law-abiding abandon their right to bear arms, the criminals take it over. All the BS "meeting" and "outreach to the community" and "talking to the residents" in the world isn't going to change that.
While 67 were shot over the Labor Day weekend in MAIG founder, Mayor Bloomberg's gun free paradise, it seems that in the neighboring state of Vermont, which is notable for its absence of gun laws, no one was shot over the Labor Day weekend in the entire state. Why is that?
Strict gun laws and 67 shot, versus no gun laws and no one shot. That’s a grossly disparate comparison. Any rational person would want to try getting rid of the gun laws in New York City to see if that works to reduce the violence there. We know that freedom works and gun laws don't, but we have yet to pry gun control's cold, dead hands from our freedom. It's worth the effort. It's certainly likely to have a greater effect than another meeting of "Taskforce Taskforce".
A "taskforce that will address the issue of youth related gun violence in the city, especially in communities of more color"? More color than what? Explain to me what gradation of color is necessary, or are you just prioritizing on where you think the problem is worst first? Tell me what neighborhoods are safe from "youth related gun violence", if any exist.
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