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
It's becoming increasingly difficult for us race baiters to whip up a good mob these days ... Trayvon excepted!
Did Jackson show up ?
hahahaha...three people? That is funny!
I guess he’s not as “clean and articulate”.....
“Stay out da Bushes!” Only thing the man ever said that I agree with...
I can see why most of those people there are opposed to individuals carrying guns,
their physical size gives them a huge advantage over everyone who isn’t armed.
Only 3 protestors on the Rev. Jackson’s side
versus
a diverse gathering of 50 counter-protestors on the side of liberty and freedom.
NICE!!!!!!!!!
I once flew from Chicago to Norfolk on the same plane as Jackson. When we got to the terminal there was a huge number of media, in fact so many that I finally got irritated and pushed my way through.
A day or so later, I was driving through one of the largest projects anywhere as near as I could tell. This was in Portsmouth. Anyway while I was driving through that area, there was Jesse and only a handful of protestors.
There were literally thousands of Blacks within a few blocks of his protest and absolutely no one showed up.
Drudge head—lol
CHICAGOLAND: Residents To Receive $100 Gift Cards For Turning In Guns...
Guess we’ll see more break-ins to steal legal guns to turn in. lol
It sucks to be in Chicago!
(only 3 people show up)
BWAAAA! First laugh of the day!
JJ is a washed up, over the hill race racketeer. His name will be thrown on the scrap heap of history...
JJ is a washed up, over the hill race racketeer. His name will be thrown on the scrap heap of history...
Those are the range supporters. I checked the article at Ammoland.com. I thought they were far too respectable looking to be the JJ pawns.
Jackson has lost touch with the community he is trying to shake down. Fixing that didn't take long at all.
Funny thing about gun control in Michigan, it really started as a means of keeping guns out of the hands of those uppity negroes and along comes Jesse trying to do the same damn thing.
http://www.concealcarry.org/open-carry-being-encouraged-in-detroit/
As fa as the racism of the north is concerned, plenty of blacks fled the racism of the south only to find the same or worse up here.
Charlie LeDuff usually does humorous stuff and is funnier than hell but this is a good report on his creole father coming “Down North” and finding how bad the racism was in Detroit. I don’t agree with all of it but it was a good report anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZLrw19zvik&feature=player_embedded
Reverend my butt!
Calling this race pimp Reverend anything is a credible as calling me a brain surgeon.
It isn’t enough for me to see jackson with only 3 supporters.
What is needed is for Budweiser to find a new distributor and Illinois to find a new Representative.
The Representative they have now is waiting for an ethics investigation. IF they ever get around to it, which they won’t.
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