[throwawayknecht]

Unfortunately, it's not just the politicians. Key to the making the buyback work was that people were willing to sell. If you tried it in America you'd get white militias in standoffs - think a new Cliven Bundy every week - and cops slaughtering any black person hesitant to turn over their weapon.

[nnfy]

Why? Why immediately turn this into a racial issue?

You dont think there will be minorities clinging to their guns?

Dont you think your comment is a bit racist?

[throwawayknecht]

> Why immediately turn this into a racial issue?

Gun control in America has always been a racial issue. Black people have never been able to own guns as freely as white people, from the Black Codes to the Mulford Act to Marissa Alexander and Philando Castile today.

> You dont think there will be minorities clinging to their guns?

That there will be is entirely the point of my comment!

> Dont you think your comment is a bit racist?

No. I think America is a lot racist. And I think that will have implications on enforcement if gun control policies are enacted, and so we need to keep that in mind when considering what to enact.

[ianai]

I do wonder how other countries do with racial equality. Maybe the AU and UK are the nearest comparison. I know the Us isn’t the only place to have a hate issue.

[celticninja]

Amazing that other first world countries can do this sort of thing without resorting to more killing and violence.

[nnfy]

What I find more amazing is how educated, successful people all over the world can be almost deliberately blind to the massive difference that culture can have in the functions of a society.