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Some on the Left can be very selective about the kinds of violence they oppose. For some of them, gun violence is a crime to be decried - unless it is committed by an 'aggrieved' victim against what they consider a corrupt institution.

Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence with guns.

I support gun control. But speaking honestly about the combustible mix of race and guns may be more important to stopping the slaughter in minority communities than any new gun-control laws.

Gun-related violence and murders are concentrated among blacks and Latinos in big cities.

Gun violence is a plague in all of our communities, and we must come together to stop it.

There are too many guns in the hands of people that shouldn't have guns. There is too much gun violence in America.

There is considerable merit to the notion of treating gun violence as a public health matter.

It doesn't matter if gun violence is down. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets.

I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in me, as far as the gun debate. I wish there were no guns; I'm all for gun restrictions. But I'm also of the mind-set, if nothing changes, I'm getting a gun.

Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe.