I'm Sick of Governors DeSantis and Abbott Playing the Race Card With Undocumented Immigrants. So Let's Do This.

Florida and Texas aren't shy at all about being opposed to virtually any type of reasonable control gun proposals. So let's send Florida and Texas all those convicted of gun crimes once they're out of prison. And send them via Greyhound; it's a more efficent use of taxpayer dollars than flying them or busing them in first-class bus coaches.

After all, it's Red States that are exporting most of the guns used in crimes in Blue States. So let's send them the criminals using those guns.

How Gun Traffickers Get Around State Gun Laws
Where guns used in crimes came from
Arrow sizes show the number of guns traced to other states in 2014

Chicago offers perhaps the starkest example of trafficking. There are no retail gun dealers within city limits, because Chicago has some of the tightest municipal gun regulations. Yet bringing a gun into Chicago can be as simple as driving less than an hour to a gun show in Indiana, where private sales are not recorded and do not require a background check.

“If you’re in the city of Chicago on the South Side, you may be closer to Indiana than you are to the Magnificent Mile,” said Roseanna Ander, executive director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, referring to a well-known part of Chicago’s downtown.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/12/us/gun-traffickers-smuggling-state-gun-laws.html

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windinhishair · 61-69, M

Let's make it a one-for-one deal. For each immigrant pawn sent to a blue state, a paroled gun criminal will be sent back. Easy peasy.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@windinhishair Almost too easy. Texas will blow its power grid.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@Graylight They will anyway. No big loss.

Oster1 · M

@windinhishair Use your Civil Engineering skills! 😂🤣😁🤭

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@Oster1 Texas had the opportunity to become part of the regional grid system, but they refused, because they didn't agree with the regulations the regional grid placed on member power systems. They decided to go it alone, knowing that sufficient backup power would not be available in periods of high demand, and power producers could save money by not having to winterize equipment, among other things. Portions of Texas, such as El Paso, have remained part of regional grid, and have not had the problems the rest of Texas has had. There are indeed engineering solutions, but Texas has chosen not to pursue them or hold utilities to account.

Oster1 · M

@windinhishair I'm coming back. Im so glad you chose Texas, as a model.

Texas, served several states, and was a powerhouse!

I'm at work, at my Factory. 😁