Posted on 02/27/2017 12:25:43 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
More African-Americans appear to be taking an active interest in their right to bear arms since the election of President Donald Trump, gun club leaders and firearm sellers say.
A national African-American gun club has doubled its membership since Election Day, and gun sellers say they've noticed more black customers buying firearms.
At Stoddard's Range and Guns in Atlanta, one thunderous clap after another reverberates through the room, mixing with laughter and the smell of gunpowder. A group of men are bonding over a hobby they love. Moments later, with their clips empty and a stream of hot shell casings on the floor around them, each man holds up his target showing clusters of bullet holes.
They are members of the National African American Gun Association, a group that has added 9,000 members since Election Day, said Philip Smith, the group's national president. The group launched on Feb. 28, 2015, and added 4,285 members over the same time period the year before, between Nov. 2015 and Feb. 2016.
"I'd be lying to you if I said Donald Trump hasn't affected our numbers," Smith said. "They have jumped off the roof."
NAAGA now has more than 18,000 members in 24 chapters across the country.
'You know what, let me get a gun just in case'
In 2008, overall gun sales surged after President Obama's election. Weapons dealers attributed the increased sales to fears that Obama and a Democratic-controlled Congress would move to restrict gun ownership. In contrast, overall sales of guns and ammo dipped immediately following Trump's election....
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Welcome and can we all agree on the same rules and intent.
Neither conservatives nor Presidemt are a threat to these people, but if they become gun owners, they will start to fight for second amendment rights. Just one more reason for them to eventually leave the democrat party.
NAAGA? Naaga please! Wassup muh naaga?
So are there any National Caucasian American Gun Association clubs? No, that would be racist.
Good.
“NAAGA now has more than 18,000 “
the group name is NAAGA? Seriously.
I have no problem with this, as long as they remain peaceable and use their firearms for defensive and recreational uses only, just like every other responsible gun owner.
Right. This is to ensure NO government will get too big for its britches.
When citizens have all the guns that is a good thing.
NAAGA, please.
This is going to have the unintended consequence of creating more conservative voters. Gun Ownership is a gateway drug towards the Right.
About a year ago I happened upon a Youtube video of a group of black clergy, thanking God for the NRA. They said something I’d never heard; that the NRA was formed to help freed slaves defend themselves in the Jim Crow south after the Civil War.
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Really? lol....
That sounds racist.
Law abiding blacks in Detroit commonly defend themselves with firearms. Law abiding, not color, is the key here.
Law abiding blacks in Detroit commonly defend themselves with firearms. Law abiding, not color, is the key here.
Is there a NOGO?
(National Oriental Gun Owners)
:)
Uh, I am all for law abiding citizens enjoying their right of gun ownership, but there is a tone to this NAAGA thing and their large increase in numbers "following the election" that has me wondering...just in case of...what exactly? Are they preparing for Trump to start loading the slave ships back to Africa?
BLOAT
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