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Tragedies grow worse when politicians pile on. The minister was one of nine killed at a black church in South Carolina. The horrid murders clearly involved a sick person filled with racial hatred.  But before funerals could be planned, politicians jumped to urge gun control on all 320-million Americans. Others claimed it proves that most white people are racists. This was a racial attack, but those are less common than activists claim. Cries of hate crime or hate speech are thrown around loosely. Blacks and other minorities commit race-based crimes, also; it's not just whites. More laws will not cure mental illness. False claims that most of us are closet racists will not bring us together. Yes, firearms are used in killings,  A wicked act by a racist is not good reason to remove the rights from millions. Find more insights online at