...Among the 20 percent of respondents (click here) who said they know a victim of gun violence, most said that person was a family member, good friend or even themselves. Blacks (42 percent) and people aged 18 to 29 (28 percent) were most likely to know a victim of gun violence.
Members of racial and ethnic minorities were most likely to say they worried about becoming victims of gun violence, with 75 percent of Hispanics and 62 percent of blacks expressing such concern, compared with 30 percent of whites, according to a Kaiser news release....
Now, if the Republicans want to evade their responsibility while dodging the issue of violence in minority communities, they won't be winning elections. The GOP believes the only legislation they have to pass is Immigration Reform and the elections of 2014 are in the bag. They need to reassess.
The plight of the USA minorities go far beyond immigration reform. Their lives do not have equity and their quality of life does not measure up. The GOP really needs to pay attention to the legislation President Obama puts forward to improve the lives of our minorities, lower income and poor. Seriously. They need to get all this done and they need to put President Obama's cabinet and judicial nominees together to solve the problems of the country.
The Republicans are toying too much with their responsibilities. The elections have been over for four months now.
The Republicans are toying too much with their responsibilities. The elections have been over for four months now.
A poll's finding that most Latino voters of all political persuasions favor tougher gun laws poses more problems for Republicans.
March 12, 2013|By Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times
A strong majority of Latino voters — Democrats, Republicans and independents — supports stiffer gun control laws, including more vigorous background checks and creation of a national database of gun owners, according to a new survey of that increasingly important slice of the electorate.
The poll suggests Latinos tend to lean leftward in the gun debate regardless of political affiliation, which could further complicate GOP efforts to boost Latino support after November's poor showing....
...A ban on semiautomatic weapons garnered 54% support among Latinos surveyed, and a measure allowing teachers or security personnel to carry loaded guns on campus was rejected by a strong majority, with just 39% approving....I appreciate Captain Kelly for making the statement. The AR-15 should be in the possession of the police right now, but, evidently the gun shop owner has a relative with a firing range. It is the only thing that makes sense. OR. The gun shop owner has a real attitude problem. Which is more than case.
It is amazing, when do the laws of Arizona actually apply to the citizen rather than the political vapors of the Gun Lobby?
By Josh Voorhees
March 26, 2013
Maybe it's more difficult (click here) than we all thought to purchase an AR-15-style rifle—well, at least if you make it very clear that you never plan to actually fire it.
A Tucson, Ariz., gun store says that it is canceling Mark Kelly's recent purchase of the semi-automatic rifle because the outspoken gun-control advocate wasn't going to keep the assault weapon but instead turn it over to police after using it to show how easy it was to obtain. "While I support and respect Mark Kelly’s 2nd Amendment rights to purchase, possess, and use firearms in a safe and responsible manner, his recent statements to the media made it clear that his intent in purchasing the Sig Sauer M400 5.56mm rifle from us was for reasons other then for his personal use," Diamondback Police Supply Co. owner Douglas MacKinlay said in a statement posted to Facebook on Monday....
It is called CONFIDENCE IN GOING FORWARD.
It is called CONFIDENCE IN GOING FORWARD.
Hispanics in Arizona’s Eligible Voter Population (click here)
- The Hispanic population in Arizona is the sixth largest in the nation. About 1.9 million Hispanics reside in Arizona, 3.8% of all Hispanics in the United States.
- Arizona’s population is 30% Hispanic, the fourth largest Hispanic population share nationally.
- There are 824,000 Hispanic eligible voters in Arizona—the fifth largest Hispanic eligible voter population nationally. California ranks first with 5.9 million.
- Some 19% of Arizona eligible voters are Hispanic, the fourth largest Hispanic eligible voter share nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 39%.
- About 43% of Hispanics in Arizona are eligible to vote, ranking Arizona 19th nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote. By contrast, 80% of the state’s white population is eligible to vote.
