politicians are not committed to fighting violent crime. violent crime is an epidemic, but only in specific communities, and politicians have no problem allowing that epidemic to continue, because they see that it is and will continue to be very much contained. if they were interested in fighting crime in those communities, they would come up with methods that are specifically tailored to them. they would also address the root of the epidemic, which is merely a symptom of much bigger social and economic problems in those communities.
hence, the new response to anti-gun people, is to ask why they hate guns so much, because clearly their rabid gun control nonsense has nothing to do with actually addressing the problem of violent crime.
perhaps we could start putting the screws to them about not addressing the concerns of minorities in urban areas. is the mayor of boston white? if so, maybe there is some racism there, if he so lacks motivation to practically address a problem that is of great concern to his black urban constituents. perhaps john street, mayor of philadelphia has simply forsaken the plight of his black constituents, and has willingly lost touch with his roots.
how many conversations do you think go on all the time amongst politicians about letting black people and hispanic people "kill themselves"? ever read dune? on the desert planet of arrakis, enough water to flood the planet and "change the face of arrakis" is stored in vast containers and caverns underground. it is intentionally kept off the surface so that harvesters can gather melange spice that is found deposited in the sands. yet, to the rest of the galaxy, this is all a mystery. who wouldn't want a lush paradise in lieu of a desert? the people that wouldn't want it, are those in control that benefit from the selling of the spice. great story; go read it if you haven't.
how does it apply to violence in urban minority communities? politicians benefit from poor, drug-addicted, violence-stricken minority communities. politicians, most notably Democrats, count on the votes of of those communities. they have them convinced that they understand their plight. if they didn't have a plight, because politicians actually started addressing their problems, then the politicians would lose the votes. who wouldn't want peaceful, fruitful, productive urban minority communities? politicians. corrupt politicians have NOTHING to gain from changing the face of such communities. they have everything to gain from keeping them the way they are. very depressing. most big city mayors are nothing but glorified pimps and pushers, literally.