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PBS: "In response to racist violence, more African Americans look to bear arms"
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Good.
https://www.amazon.com/This-Nonviolent-Stuffll-Get-Killed/dp/082236123X
An essential read on the subject.
https://www.amazon.com/This-Nonviolent-Stuffll-Get-Killed/dp/082236123X
An essential read on the subject.
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I keep saying it, if you want meaningful gun control laws to be placed in effect immediately, get as many black people as you can to legally register themselves as gun owners, sign up for concealed carry and legally purchase a gun and proper gun safety equipment (primarily gun safes).
The GOP would push gun control overnight.
The GOP would push gun control overnight.
I mean, I take it.
It's awful that racism is the last hope for sensible gun laws, but I don't see anything else working anymore.
This might actually work? If black and brown people become most gun owners in the states then republicans will do their bast to ban guns.
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Getting mines very soon and I used to hate guns. Still do but I'm scared and I value my life. They are getting more and more radical by the day.
I know. Nothing makes the second amendment suddenly worthless to these people faster than some black people with guns.
Makes complete sense. It's why I'm not entirely down with gun control. The ones who really need weapons are blacks, Hispanics, the LGBT, and other minorities. That and it's almost a given that any gun control laws will disproportionately affect minorities.
I mean, I know you're joking, but yeah, set them up.
Like, real talk, it's too late now, but Remmington and Smith and Wessen, prior to their bankruptcy filings, should have been requesting all people of color sign up for gun training and for all shooting ranges to give deep discounts to new members.
Start getting a lot of back people with open carry permits walking into stores legally with AR-15s is a sure fire way for the GOP and the NRA to be for common sense gun legislation.
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I need to get the FUCK out of the rust belt, there is nothing for me here.
What they're gonna kill us twice?
Someone wanna get that "shot for doing ____ while black" list out again?
Shit man, we're coming off "getting shot for being in your own back yard with a cellphone while being black". Shit's already bad.
I don't see anything wrong with anyone responsibly exercising their 2nd Amendment right.
I do wonder if the NRA will celebrate more legal gun ownership among people of color...
They should of course, but after what they did with the Philando Castile murder, I have doubts.
I do wonder if the NRA will celebrate more legal gun ownership among people of color...
They should of course, but after what they did with the Philando Castile murder, I have doubts.
Tangentially related and interesting mini-documentary from Vice on black women creating an alternative to the NRA for black women gun owners.
This is what's up.
The majority of this country's progress has come from black and brown blood. Sigh.
I don't like guns, but I am for equalizing the balance of power. What sucks is that all the money involved in these gun sales is very likely not going towards pro-Black organizations. And black people with guns are still gonna get treated differently by law enforcement.
Yeah, I was going to say that this would lead to more shootings being tossed out as justified. But that shit is going to happen anyway, so to hell with it. Black people have a right and a reason to arm themselves.
I mean you saw what happen when minorities started arming themselves throughout history in the United States. From Marino Russo to The Black Panther party. The way things are, this is good.
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I mean... gun control in america is literally a response to black people arming themselves. And the coup that rewrote the edict of the NRA to what it is now was over black people arming themselves as well.
So the push for and against gun control are both facets of black oppression.
There's a really great episode of the Radiolab More Perfect podcast that goes into this history in depth: http://www.radiolab.org/story/radiolab-presents-more-perfect-gun-show/
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Seriously, if every minority carries the second amendment is gooooooone
As horrible as that is, I'd probably still wait until the new amendment passes before crying foul.
It almost makes me want to support gun ownership to blacks in a weird reverse way??
Now I'm confusing myself.
It's the Wakanda affect. Powerful black ladies with powerful weapons
I wonder if they'd let me join... I'd happily sign up with them over the NRA.
Yea, we're here. I'll have to look into NAAG.
As I said before, if any group in America should be looking to own guns (so long as they remain legal), its black Americans. Along with Native Americans, no group has been more tortured, harassed, and damaged by those in power or with power. History has shown we need to protect ourselves, as law enforcement tends to be slow to protect us...and sometimes they themselves end up being the enemy.
As I said before, if any group in America should be looking to own guns (so long as they remain legal), its black Americans. Along with Native Americans, no group has been more tortured, harassed, and damaged by those in power or with power. History has shown we need to protect ourselves, as law enforcement tends to be slow to protect us...and sometimes they themselves end up being the enemy.
Especially considering they can get away with it and we most certainly can't.
I have a reading list I usually post in these threads but yeah man, kudos to them for being smart and strapping up, just in case.
One of the less-spoken issues of the NRA is that they have what is essentially a monopoly. You wanna weaken them the good ol' capitalist way, you introduce competition, and let the invisible hand of the market sort them out. If you build it, they will come, as the saying goes.