Posted on 06/11/2022 2:14:32 PM PDT by simpson96
Lucretia Hughes, whose son was killed by a convicted felon using an illegal firearm, addressed Congress at a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday to argue against more gun control laws. Read her testimony below.
Hughes testified against expansions on gun control alongside many pro-gun control advocates, (snip) She shared her family's story about losing her son.(snip)
"I am a walking testimony of how the criminal justice system and gun control laws, (which are steeped in racism by the way) have failed the black community. By the age of 25, I had been to 18 funerals for young black men. I have one black man in jail. I have another black man in the grave. I have a black boy without a father. It is the curse of the black community and something has to change. Thoughts and prayers and calls for more gun control isn’t enough. How about letting me defend myself against evil? Do you think I’m not capable or trustworthy to handle firearms? Do you think the Second Amendment does not apply to people that look like me?
You who call for more gun control are the same ones that call to defund the police. Who is supposed to protect me? We must prepare to be our own first responders to protect ourselves and our loved ones. I am a legal, law abiding citizen. I don’t need the government to save me. I teach people how to use firearms and empower others that look like me to understand that the Second Amendment is their right, too.
I am also a proud member of the DC Project, Women for Gun Rights. We believe that education is the key to safety, not ineffective legislation. We support meaningful solutions that will actually save lives."
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Boom! Well said Mrs. Hughes
ThevRats don’t really want gun control, they want people control from a never ending position of complete power. They’re nuts!
They want people totally defenseless against Antifa mobs.
What could go better for the communist DemocRATs???
“I am a walking testimony of how the criminal justice system and gun control laws, (which are steeped in racism by the way) have failed the black community. By the age of 25, I had been to 18 funerals for young black men. I have one black man in jail. I have another black man in the grave. I have a black boy without a father. It is the curse of the black community and something has to change. Thoughts and prayers and calls for more gun control isn’t enough. How about letting me defend myself against evil? Do you think I’m not capable or trustworthy to handle firearms? Do you think the Second Amendment does not apply to people that look like me?
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In a single paragraph, she blows up the leftist narrative on gun control.
and the same people who told Trump to stand down during the Riots all summer are now asking why he didn’t step in sooner during the 6th selfie-taker dustup.
Powerful. Will any of them listen?
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