Urban Gun Control Movement is Weak and Fragmented

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Read this article and be encouraged. http://news.yahoo.com/urban-voters-seek-more-campaign-talk-gun-crime-142732863--election.html

Nearby, sitting on her front porch and keeping a close eye on a group of children, 32-year-old Fatima Sutton acknowledged that much of the political emphasis is on jobs but said leaders shouldn't disregard the scourge of gun violence.

Like many here, she favors stricter gun laws. But she's not sure they would make much difference.

"The whole situation is frustrating," said Sutton, a mother of six. "I am at a loss for words."

Exactly - the guns aren't the problem. Get some critical thinking skills. Politicians can't make crime go away. It requires a change in your local culture.

"The problem is, it's not controllable," said Domingo, adding his neighborhood is flooded with illegal guns that criminals bring in from Southern states to sell. He said elected officials at any level of government couldn't tame the gun violence if they tried.

"They could be tougher with their gun laws. But to get in control of this? That's not possible," he said. "It's easy to get a gun out here. Very easy."

It's not controllable by taking away the rights of citizens.

While gun control might be a losing issue for Democrats nationally, Acree, the Chicago pastor, said politicians of both stripes need to show more courage.

"This is the civil rights issue of our day and time," said Acree, who works with a coalition of Chicago clergy that has called on Obama to push for a renewed assault-weapons ban. "We cannot ignore our urban violence crisis, in Chicago and in New York and in Detroit."

He is grasping at straws.

Even some urban voters are openly hostile to gun control, viewing it as unilateral disarmament, and a steep long-term decline in violent crime has removed some of the impetus for action.

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The picture I'm seeing in this article is one of a weak and fragmented gun control movement. Politicians, except for the loony ones with local loony constituencies, are on the run to avoid gun control.