*Black crime and black on black crime makes up the majority of crime in this country. The majority of Jackson is black. You do the math. And if you don't believe it, go look up the statistics on crime in this country.*

Er…. OK… remember… you told me to...

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/cr…

69.2 percent of people arrested in this country are white, according to the FBI. So, if I "do the math" I quickly deduce that "Black crime" and "black on black crime" cannot possible "make up the majority of crime in this country" since they are the minority of arrests in the country.

Now… what happens to the rest of your argument when the statistics you so vigorously assert are so clearly false?

@js1976 I disagree, but thanks for stating your opinion agreeably. :)

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Wouldn't reporting stolen guns help with resale? Aren't pawn shops, etc., required to check to see if a gun is stolen?

I agree that this isn't enough. Didn't they just add a fingerprint scanner to the iPhone? Maybe it's time we tie a specific weapon to an individual gun owner? That could go along with "2aID," my proposal for a national gun owner identification card for all gun owners who support voter ID. :)

Well I, for one, am offended by the comment "Everything in Mississippi offends somebody." ;)

But I'm perfectly willing to focus on the flag.

It's just the guy who instigated the Ole Miss riot -- whipping up the mob while secretly working with the Kennedys in a sad attempt to save himself from political embarrassment -- is pretty high on the list, too.

"Ross is standing like Gibraltar, he shall never falter,
Ask us what we say, it's to hell with Bobby K.
Never shall our emblem go
From Colonel Rebel to Old Black Joe."

(from [Dixie by Curtis Wilkie][1]).

[1]: http://books.google.com/books?id=3R7-cS…

@mmorgan I'd like to hope you are right -- it would be absolutely wonderful if people could get on board and I agree that it *should* be obvious.

Of course, all you have to do is look at @tsmith above and see that the headline (this is a blog entry, BTW, so we allow a little commentary) might be justified.

I've been calling it the "Welty Reservoir" for years. :)

Yup, there's **some** return to a local economy because there's a big building sitting there.

The fundamental point, though, is that the "multiplier" for local businesses is considerably higher -- [usually 1.5 to 3 times the economic impact of chains][1].

Example:

http://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photo…

[1]: http://www.amiba.net/resources/studies-…