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Lets look at the big picture for a minute. 
It does not take a genius to make the connection between gun laws and the
high rate of crime in New Orleans and Louisiana's lowest ranking gun control
laws in the nation.Basically New Orleans is the easiest place in the nation to get
a gun,with some of the highest rates of violent crime in the nation,
conspiracy theories abound,many black leaders in New Orleans feel that since
the problem is mostly in the black community that whites turn a blind eye to the gun
control laws ,I looke into it and found some interesting information.
New Orleans Underground Gun Trade
The problem with Louisiana's gun control laws start with the gun dealers and the gun shows.
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Dennis Hennigan Brady Center Vice President states in his article that in defense over 80% of gun owners support extending Brady Act background checks to private sales at gun shows. Even most self-identified members of the National Rifle Association support handgun registration and mandatory safety training before purchasing a firearm.
Pretty much anybody can get a gun at a gun show because it is mostly private citizens selling there own guns.No fingerprints,
trace samples,no background check,scary thought but its true.
Elliot's Gun Shop use to be at 3008 Jefferson Highway was one of the largest gun
dealers in the nation back in 2007,white owned .They sold on average 20 guns a day between 2005
and 2007,a total of 13,200 weapons flooded the streets.Enough weapons to supply a small army of soldiers .
James Letten-U.S. Attorney ,with help from Anthony Cannatella ended up shutting them down,after crime started to reach
white communities but the damage was already done.Many of the "black market" deals were straw sales,using fake
signatures.All of this happened right under the noise of the all knowing Harry Lee ,whose daughter Cynthia Lee,recently won election
based on his great crime fighting record,give me a break,former top cop in Jefferson Parish.
When Timothy Harris,yes Timothy is the white owner of Elliot's Gun Shop was
interviewed back in 1997 here is what he said.
Timothy Harris opened the shop in 1990, and it wasn't long before police like Anthony Cannatella started tracing illegal sales back to his store. Harris didn't seem too concerned. "Business has increased steadily," he told a reporter in 1997. "The more crime there is in New Orleans, the more guns we sell."
So part of the lesson we must learn is that lets know all the facts before we place blame on one another.If New Orleans and the state wants to dig its way out of the many problems we face we have to look at allot of the problems at their root.Did Superintendent Riley put these illegal guns on the street,no,is he taking the blame for the high rate of crime,yes.If New Orleans
wants to grow the economy and become economically viable we have to look at these issues objectively,it will be too late
when the crime starts making its way to the white community.The black community is hurting right now and if the the white
community does not lend a helping hand soon then everybody will feel their pain.
There are probably a thousand more Timothy Harris's out there in surrounding parishes looking to make a fast buck
13,200 guns-average of 20 a day,until it hits home you probably will not care.
This is part 1 on an on going series. SUBSCRIBE TO RSS
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