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An out-of-state friend sent this to me. I wasn't familiar with the name, Juan Williams. He is 59 and is now affiliated with the Fox News Channel.
The following is quoted as received. The author may be William Lafferty, who wrote the book mentioned in Paragraph Four below.
"In case you are unfamiliar with Juan Williams, he used to be on NPR, the liberal radio network and they fired him over a comment he made. He is now on Fox News Network as the balanced side of liberal opinions. There is a great deal of truth in this email. Mr. Williams deserves credit for even mentioning it.
"Juan Williams, a
black commentator, wrote an interesting article recently entitled “Race and the Gun
Debate.” (Wall St. Journal, Mar. 27, 2013) Among the statistics he cites
are that 54% of all murders involve black
victims, virtually all of whom were killed by black murderers, and yet blacks
comprise only 13% of the population.
"These are familiar numbers, but, as
Williams points out, although more than half the “gun problem” can be laid at
the feet of blacks, the gun debate never seems to mention this. If it were mentioned, the obvious thought that might
occur is maybe it’s blacks that need to be regulated and not
guns.
"Three years ago I
wrote the following in the prologue to my book They Came For
Our Guns, They came For Our Freedom:
“The
single most important factor that has caused the political left to demand an end
to private firearms ownership is that the underclass has, over the last fifty
years, expanded exponentially, bringing with it an exponential increase in
crime. Many of these criminals come from the single-parent families encouraged
by the welfare system, a dysfunctional government give-away favored by the far
left. The absence of fathers has led large numbers of children to seek gangs as
a substitute for parenting not available at home. Not content with having
created an entire class of welfare-bred criminals, the political left now seeks
to protect this underclass by rendering ordinary citizens defenseless against
crime perpetrated by these criminals.”
"In sum, both
blacks and whites are part of this criminal underclass, but, as Juan Williams
points out, blacks, a 13% minority, are doing 54% of the killing and dying. That
needs to be said.
"Why is this happening? According to
Juan Williams, the out of wedlock birth rate for blacks is now 72%. This leads
to more than 70% of black mothers being on welfare raising more than 70% of
black children without fathers.
"That’s part of
the problem. Another part, Williams says, is:
“a dysfunctional
gangster-rap culture that glorifies promiscuity, drug dealers and the power of
the gun.”
"So now we have black culture of
violence financed by the welfare system producing what are – by any measure –
distorted values. One might think this needs to be
addressed.
"Not so. The President of the United
States recently invited the gangster rapper Jay-Z to his inauguration. Jay-Z is
the black poster boy for the value system that Juan Williams says is destroying
the black community. Inviting him to the presidential inauguration is, by
implication, an endorsement of the mindlessness characteristic of Jay-Z and his
supporters.
"But Obama is not a moralist. He is a
politician who panders himself to the black vote and avoids criticizing the
criminal culture that has enslaved his people. Obama made no move toward gun control until a white
madman killed young children at Sandy Hook. In Obama’s mind, that single act
instantly transformed the “gun problem” into a white (not black) problem. It is about white misconduct, not about blacks, black
culture or black behavior.
"Guess what. It’s
still about blacks. They are victims and killers in disproportionate numbers. An
occasional white maniac does not erase that. People who want to reduce homicide
by gun need to focus on curbing a black culture that has caused the problem in
the first place.
"Banning guns to
cure black murderousness, crime and cultural deficiencies is like banning
popsicles to deal with an outbreak of the Ebola
virus."
1 comment:
Rasmussen Reports says that 64% of gun control supporters think that crime has gone up.
In reality, "Crime in the United States," from the Justice Department says that crime has dropped 39% in the last 20 years.
Proving what everybody connected with reality already knows. GUN GRABBERS ARE NUTS!
Nobody should believe anything that a gun controller fan says.
PS - they're usually the same people who are gonzo "global warming" fans.
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