The Americanist

The Demographics of Gun Control

The Americanist researched the ethnicity and religion of the current crop of national gun control advocates.  Then, as a control, we researched the backgrounds of Pennsylvania members of “Mayors for Gun Control” or whatever it is.  Why Pennsylvania?  Because it is our home state.  We researched Pennsylvania city mayors, not boroughs, since the cities are more manageable and represent dominant portions of the Pennsylvania census.

Some of the research is speculative, however as amateur genealogists with some skill, it’s certainly plausible.  If a politician did not explicitly list his ethnicity/religion, and there are no public records to indicate otherwise, it is marked unknown and a presumed affiliation is listed in parenthesis. However, many that do not self-identify leave bread crumb trails such as marriage announcements, funerals, graduations, and of course membership in various nationality/ethnic clubs like the old “Benevolent Societies” common through the 1970s. In a few other cases, we had to research the object’s parents where the above records are more reliably present.

Here is what we found.

1. Barack Hussein Obama African: (unknown) / (nondenominational Christian)
2. Nancy D’Alesandro Pelosi: Italian /Roman Catholic
3. Diane Goldman Feinstein: Jewish / Judaism
4. Michael Bloomberg: Jewish / Reformed Judaism
5. Rahm Emmanuel: Jewish / Judaism
6. Andrew Cuomo: Italian / Roman Catholic
7. Chris Christie: Irish-Italian / Roman Catholic
8. Sarah Brady: Irish / Roman Catholic
9. Josh Sugarmann (Violence Policy Center): unknown / unknown
10. Joe Morrissey (Va lawmaker w/AK-47 at capitol): Irish / Roman Catholic

Which gives us 

• 1 African-Commie Sleeper Agent, 10%
• 3 Italians, 30%
• 3 Irish, 30%
• 3 Jewish, 30%

whose religion breaks down to

• 1 Non-Denominational Christian, 10%
• 5 Roman Catholics, 50%
• 3 Jewish, 30%
• 1 unknown faith, 10%

Now let us look at the mayors of Pennsylvania’s cities:

PENNSYLVANIA CITY MAYORS

1. Michael Nutter (mayor of Philadelphia): African American / Baptist
2. Ed Pawlowski (mayor of Allentown, Pa):  Polish/ (Roman Catholic)
3. John Callahan (mayor of Bethlehem Pa): Irish / Roman Catholic
4. John Linder (mayor of Chester, Pa):  African American / unknown
5. Salvatore J. Panto Jr (mayor of Easton, Pa.):  Italian / Roman Catholic
6. Linda D. Thompson (Mayor of Harrisburg Pa): African American / Unknown
7. J Richard Gray (Mayor of Lancaster, Pa):  unknown (English) / Episcopalian
8. Luke Robert Ravenstahl (mayor of Pittsburgh): unknown (Bavarian? Hungarian?) / Roman Catholic
9. Vaughn D. Spencer (mayor of Reading, Pa): African American / unknown
10. Thomas M. Leighton (mayor of Wilkes-Barre): unknown (Irish/Slovak) / Roman Catholic
11. Kim Bracey (mayor of York, Pa): African American / Baptist
12. Joseph Sinnott (Mayor of Erie, Pa): Irish-Bavarian (modern Germany)/ Roman Catholic (parents religion)

Which breaks down to

• 5 African, 42%
• 3 Irish, 25% comprised of
  • 1 Irishman, 8%
  • 1 Irish-Italian, 8%
  • 1 Irish-Bavarian, 8%
• 1 English, 8%
• 1 Slovak, 8%
• 1 Polish, 8%

with religious affiliations of

• 5 Roman Catholic, 42%
• 2 Baptist, 17%
• 1 Episcopalian, 8%
• 4 unknown, 33%

You would think such peoples, with national histories of enslavement and decimation, would be armed to the teeth.

Remarkable.

Katyn Woods Massacre, USSR

Simply remarkable.