we all know that ! (that's the puzzling thing)

Study history? You mean like...READ a book? Investigate claims and data collection processes? Look at counter arguments, as well as counter-counter arguments? Nah...I heard Jo from Facts Of Life is suppose to be on Dancing with the Stars...no time for your high falutin learning.

These people need self control.

@OtherPatrick Agreed, but without access to guns, the harm that they would be able to inflict would be a lot less.

@Stephanie99 I have a hand gun and will never, nor have I ever wanted to shoot anyone with my firearm. Gun control starts with personal responsibility and self control.

before guns, muslim, christians and jews used knife and stones to cut each others eyes out.

@rayfunrelax You can still inflict damage without guns, just not as much or as quickly.

US constitution is great, but it is man-made and needs updating. For example judges and congressmen should should have term limits.

So very sad but true. We are our worst enemies and are completely clueless about that.

Very true that Trump has brought Americans’ historical, ever-present racism and xenophobia into the light. His rhetoric has given permission and cover to those who feel affronted by immigrants and black people and Jews. There is no doubt that Trump is responsible for heinous acts. But make no mistake: White Supremacy has never been buried, witnessed by the birth of the mass incarceration industry that Bill Clinton created. By the voter suppression tactics of Congress and state legislatures. So many more examples. These problems will remain long after Trump goes so long as we refuse to acknowledge they exist.

@Bobbyzen Agreed. Unfortunately, this country has always been over-populated with racist asshats.

@Bobbyzen Just as a point:

With the passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 Congress enacted different mandatory minimum sentences for drugs, including marijuana. In 1973, New York State introduced mandatory minimum sentences of 15 years to life imprisonment for possession of more than 4 oz (112 g) of a hard drug.

----source, Wikipedia

That action increased the need for prison beds. I'm not defending
Bill Clinton, but the 99th Congress (under Saint Reagan) was controlled by republicans in 1986. That Congressional action is directly responsible for the subsequent "birth of the mass incarceration industry". Prison over-crowding had always been a problem (re: Attica, and others), but the mandatory sentencing mandate, for even the most minor drug offenses, exploded the prison population exponentially. It also unfairly targeted minorities and the poor. While it's true that the southern democrats were initially proponents of slavery and the KKK, the republicans have more than taken over that mantle. By the send of the 19th Century, the republicans became the party of racism, and never looked back. Granted, there were still a few democrats who were racist asshats. Robert Byrd of WV, springs immediately to mind.
Currently, it's the republicans who are responsible for most of the gerrymandering of voting districts, and the proliferation of Voter ID laws.

So, we are in complete agreement on the issue. This has been a deeply racist nation since it's inception. Unfortunately, most people (especially the racists) have no idea just how they've been manipulated into their irrational racism. We've been conditioned to be racists through deliberate institutional means. There is A LOT of shit to fight through to straighten all this out.

@KKGator absolutely! Nixon and Reagan and “war on drugs” is a big factor, targeting people of color. I appreciate the background!

@DaringDavid actually I think for myself.

It's the same in every other country.

@CoastRiderBill Sometimes the message is bigger, and obviously better, than the messenger.

@CoastRiderBill Dude...it's a song. Relax will ya'?