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Dave Chappelle Says There’s A Reason For The Second Amendment
Bearingarms.com ^ | 11:00 am on October 28, 201 | Cam Edwards

Posted on 11/27/2019 7:59:28 AM PST by Red Badger

Comedian Dave Chappelle was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center this past weekend, and Chappelle used the occasion to tout his support for the Second Amendment right alongside the First Amendment.

Chappelle informed the audience “I did not write a speech.” During his impromptu remarks, he defended freedom of speech when talking about comedians he knows who are “very racist.”

“(I) don’t get mad at ’em, don’t hate on ’em,” he said. “Man, it’s not that serious. The First Amendment is first for a reason. Second Amendment is just in case the First one doesn’t work out.”

This might be the first time someone’s ever spoke supportively of the right to keep and bear arms during the Kennedy Center awards, but it’s not the first time Chappelle has spoken about gun ownership and gun control. In his most recent special for Netflix, the comedian riffed on buying a gun after moving to a farm in rural Ohio.

Chappelle says he hates guns, but he owns several. He says he doesn’t want them, but he feels like he should have them, because of where he lives and the problems from the opioid epidemic. In his telling, what really prompted him to get a gun, however, was seeing a guy with a rifle strapped across his back walking through Chappelle’s rural farmland. Chappelle so disliked that feeling of not being able to protect yourself that he went down to a local store (a Kmart, as Dave tells it) and bought himself a shotgun.

It’s entirely possible that Chappelle made up the entire story, but if he did, he didn’t do it to make some sort of roundabout point in favor of gun control. I won’t spoil it for you, because his special really is worth watching, but there is no “haha look at the ignorant gun owners” punch line to be found. The closest you’ll find is his suggestion that if we really want gun control, every African American needs to buy a gun. Having said that, I assume that Chappelle, like almost every celebrity out there, supports more gun control laws, but there’s no point in the Netflix special where he demands Congress reinstate a semi-auto ban or anything like that.

Even though he was surrounded by a gaggle of celebrities who’ve endorsed all kinds of gun control laws, Chappelle didn’t call for a gun ban or sign on to Beto O’Rourke’s compensated confiscation plan at the Kennedy Center honors. Instead, he offered an amusing take on why he supports the freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights, as well as heartfelt thanks for the opportunities and friendships he’s had over the years.

“An honor like this would be special anywhere it happened, but the fact that it’s happening here in Washington does make me feel like I’ve closed some sort of circle,” he said. “And I came home and everyone’s OK. My friends still love me and everything still feels right.”

Congratulations to Dave Chappelle for a well-deserved honor, and thanks for speaking up in support of some of our most important rights.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; History; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; banglist; davechappelle; guns; netflix; nra; secondamendment; specialolympics
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To: Red Badger

HOORAY Dave!


21 posted on 11/27/2019 10:01:56 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization)
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To: PittsburghAfterDark

training to be able to own and carry is an infringement...

my second amendment says nothing about training.

it does say, shall not be infringed.

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22 posted on 11/27/2019 10:27:52 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Red Badger

. The First Amendment is first for a reason. Second Amendment is just in case the First one doesn’t work out.”
Sell TShirt with that!


23 posted on 11/27/2019 11:40:37 AM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: wbarmy

Excuse me, I read it correctly. Chappelle doesn’t like guns. He WASN’T hunting!

My comment still stands: If it is so bad, why is he there?


24 posted on 11/27/2019 5:20:42 PM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine)
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