47.3 percent of those convicted for federal gun crimes were black — a racial disparity larger than any other class of federal crimes, including drug crimes. In a 2011 report on mandatory minimum sentencing for gun crimes, the U.S. Sentencing Commission found that blacks were far more likely to be charged and convicted of federal gun crimes that carry mandatory minimum sentences.
via Shaneen Allen, race and gun control – The Washington Post.
You know the evidence is hard when the WaPo begrudgingly admits that Gun Rights advocates might be right on certain issues and that they back people up no matter the color of their skin.
Hat Tip to The Roadgunner.
Obviously the solution is to amend the Affirmative Action program to allow black men charged with federal gun crimes to plead out or be sentenced to probation, and forbid whites, Hispanics, and Asians from accepting plea bargains or introducing exculpatory evidence.
While we’re at it, we should raise the burden of proof required for blacks to “beyond ANY doubt” and lower it for everyone else to “Sumdood said it was that guy after I gave him 20 bucks.”
THAT should bring the conviction and incarceration rates more in line with the population ratios!
Less than 3,000 convictions nationwide? Why do I think there are over 3.000 illegal firearms uses that could be charged and convicted in Chicago alone every year? Why isn’t the federal government helping Chicago get the criminals off the streets, and into jails where they belong?
Unless enforcing laws in Chicago, Barack’s hometown, the murder capital of the US, is racist?
And then change the city to Washington DC, Newark NJ, New Orleans, LA, and every other city in this nation.
If criminals do not want to follow society’s rules, then remove the criminals from society, and Fox Butterfield be damned.
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/09/us/prison-population-growing-although-crime-rate-drops.html
This is Radley Balko’s blog, The Watch. Balko is a libertarian, but I don’t get the impression he’s a gun guy. With that in mind, it’s not really much of a surpise to see a gun rights-leaning post there, any more than it is to see one on The Volokh Conspiracy, which was also recently picked up by WaPo.