[NRA4LIFE]

A friend of mine in Missouri did a little demographics research regarding the jurisdictions in the state that are not issuing concealed carry permits. This was the text of the letter he submitted to the Post Dispatch in St. Louis:

"Unbelievable. St. Louis county has apparently convinced a Cole county judge that it will take at least $171 to process a concealed weapons application. I certainly wonder how it is possible that 112 of 114 Missouri counties are able to do it for $100, and in most cases even less. I also wonder about the intent of St. Louis county's fight against concealed carry. Currently, there are three jurisdictions in the state that are not processing concealed carry applications; St. Louis county, St. Louis city and Jackson county. A quick calculation of the 2000 U.S. Census Bureau data shows that while 29 percent of the state's whites live in these three jurisdictions, 84 percent of the state's African-American population resides there. How ironic that over eighty percent of African-Americans in Missouri aren't even able to apply for a concealed carry permit. It would appear that Jim Crow is alive and well in Missouri."

Any comments?

[OF]

Your friend needs to talk to Jim March about how to handle this data. Seriously. You can PM him here on THR, and his homepage is:

http://www.ninehundred.com/~equalccw/

- Gabe

[Henry Bowman]

Granted, it's spin on the stats, but . . . Nice spin! Embarass the antis for what they are. They may not actually be racists, but racist effect is the unintended consequence of their cause. The intended consequence is simply to disarm all victims without regard to color. They simply have been less successful elsewhere.


BTW, I used to live in Apple Maggot territory. What's the best caliber for zombie apple maggots?

[Standing Wolf]

It would appear that Jim Crow is alive and well in Missouri.

Embarass the antis for what they are. They may not actually be racists, but racist effect is the unintended consequence of their cause. The intended consequence is simply to disarm all victims without regard to color.

Sorry, but is has a great deal to do with skin color, and leftist extremists are the worst racists in the nation. Have you looked at a predominantly black inner city school lately? Have you heard representatives of the Democratic (sic) party trotting out racially divisive appeals and allegations that have had no validity for decades? Have you ever wondered which political extreme considers so-called "affirmative action" a right like the real rights in the Bill of Rights?

Leftist extremists don't dare say it aloud, but their screeching for so-called "gun control" is largely based on fear of young urban black males, as well as a snobbish desire to disarm the so-called "rednecks" of the N.R.A.