Posted on 06/19/2012 11:40:50 AM PDT by Zakeet
This past Saturday, the anachronistic and increasingly irrelevant Reverend Jesse Jackson called for an anti-violence rally against 25 gun ranges in the United States.
Despite his personal indiscretions, he somehow felt justified to ask dads during Fathers Day Weekend all across our great nation to adopt his mantra of “Guns Out = Jobs In.”
According to the puzzling logic of Jackson, the local communities where the targeted gun shops operate are stifling the creation of jobs, which if you believe Jackson, is the root cause of urban violence. Somehow, Jackson manages to ignore the fact that these gun ranges employ people, including African Americans like myself, who pay taxes. Also, those very same businesses pay income taxes and collect sales taxes on relatively expensive products.
Further, in an ironic twist Jackson claimed that one of the selected gun ranges - Action Impact of Southfield, Michigan - was selected for a demonstration because of the so-called history of Eight Mile Road being a dividing between the races in the Detroit area.
Jackson may not have been entirely truthful.
The dirty little secret is that there are no operating gun ranges within the geographical borders of Detroit. He obviously chose Action Impact because it is located just outside the city of Detroit border. Thusly, the entire premise of Jackson’s anti-gun campaign has been proven to be false. As mentioned earlier, there are no gun shops in Detroit. So, where are the jobs?
Moreover, Jackson’s so-called rally at the Action Impact gun range did have an unintended effect. He actually brought the so-called divided people - whites and blacks - together to mount a counter-protest. Jackson’s designated minion, the Operation Push Detroit Chairman, and two other people doubling as props were given a most proper reception from about 50 freedom and gun loving folks of all hues.
The aforementioned demonstration did garner interest from the local media. However, when the event unfolded, it was quite evident that Jackson’s message was ignored by a community over-run with violent criminals and local law enforcement’s ability to keep crime in check. In fact, as of June 10th there have been 152 homicides in the city Detroit alone per DPD’s web site. Jackson has lost touch with the community he is trying to lead.
No one in the metro-Detroit area is buying the rhetoric Jackson is selling. Criminals do not buy their firearms from gun ranges. Make no mistake about it, gun ranges are making a lot of money these days by selling their products to law-abiding citizens who have to jump through bureaucratic hoops and governmental obstructions to legally buy handguns: Handgun Purchase Permits or issued Michigan Concealed Pistol Licenses, Basic Pistol Safety Questionnaires, and background checks. Maybe Jackson is looking for a way to cash in on this cash cow created by criminals who in many cases are forcing the hands of good people wishing to not be victims.
Of all the media that covered the story, only one outlet (CBS Detroit), had the integrity to even mention that there was a counter-demonstration that also significantly outnumbered Jackson’s three stooges. Furthermore, other mainstream media stations grossly inflated Jackson’s camp at a tally of twelve – a far cry from the actual number of three.
Jackson embarrassed himself and his latest so-called movement this past weekend. All it took to make that happen were concerned citizens who support local gun rights groups, such as “Legally Armed In Detroit”and “Michigan Open Carry, Inc.” No longer are citizens content to let out-of-touch and out-of-town race-baiters divide us from each other and our firearms.
More pictures of the Jackson Rally
3 clowns show up... that’s hilarious.
Hopefully, turnout for Obama wil be just as funny.
I’m sure Eric Holder’s people who look like Obama’s sons would have showed up if they weren’t hard at work earning a living like the rest of us...
I don’t care who you are....this is Funny!! Can you imagine the look on Jessie’s face?????
Lemme guess....Jessie wants a return to the JIM CROW codes that prevented Blacks from owning guns.
What else does Jessie want?
Trying to be useful (self-important) in an always useless way.
I, for one, would feel embarrassed after awhile of this behavior.
Did any of them get knocked up?
Jackson can get mobs to form.....if he says there are televisions to steal.
Jackson can get mobs to form.....if he says there are televisions to steal.
I used to dine regularly at Dixie Kitchen in Hyde Park, a southside Chicago restaurant. They had a varied clientle and a lot of black politicians would dine there. I liked the food and always left before noon as it got so crowded.
One day, though, I was there at lunch time and Jesse was sitting at a table of about 8-10 people. I watched as he ignored the conversation happening at the table and instead worked to catch the eye of every person coming or going past his table. This was after his sex habits came to light.
At first I wondered if he were waiting for somebody and I suspected some local pol, but the more I watched him the clearer it became that he was simply desperate for attention. He didn’t get any and to test my theory after paying my bill I walked by, paused for effect, and turned toward him with a big smile and waved, “Hi Reverend”. He about jumped out of his seat to shake my hand.
He’s a despicable man and the sad replacement to a great man Martin Luther King, Jr. King’s death set race relations back a half century. Here we sit still worrying over a person’s skin color as black America loses the content of its character.
Jackson thinks that only criminals should have guns? I beg to differ.
$100 bucks a gun!
I have a few Jennings .22 I can turn in and buy a Sigma 9mm.
What a Country!
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