In Philadelphia, a Black gun owner explains his unease about gun control debate

In my opinion, PO1 William "Chip" Nagel, we do need some form of consistency about the criminal side of gun control versus what the Politicians from both political parties seem to dance around all the time... I believe that Law and Order is the "KEY" to gun control... Law abiding citizens don't jeopardize others, but criminals do not fear the law or law enforcement and typically pay no attention to the laws on the books... Typically (imho) criminals get their guns on the so-called black market and file down or remove the serial numbers of the weapons that they use so they cannot be tracked... Having said this, if the politicians create new law chipping away small pieces of the 2nd Amendment to our Constitution in order to cripple the purchase and use of firearms by law abiding citizens, then the criminals have the edge and the law abiding citizens are at constant risk from them...

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."I believe in many forms of gun control, but the conversation about guns on the left often lacks complexity as we scramble for a simple answer to an extremely complicated problem. I don’t have much faith that the government will protect me or other minority Americans from the kind of violence that the police ostensibly exist to combat, and I know that gun control laws have historically been used to target Black people, particularly Black socialists like myself."...

There was an incident a few years back. A town with three movie theaters, and one had signs posted that weapons were not allowed inside. A cowardly criminal with an illegal gun entered and wounded and killed several people. This in a town where open carry is allowed. He chose that theater be cause it was less a deterrent than the other theaters. More gun laws and restrictions will NOT make things better.