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For some Blacks, gun control raises echoes of segregated past
Al Jazeera ^ | 09/01/13 | Ehab Zahriyeh

Posted on 09/01/2013 6:15:04 AM PDT by AtlasStalled

But Ector and other African-Americans who share his views on firearms see gun rights as a civil rights issue and tighter regulations as a way to keep power out of the hands of minorities. "Gun control has racist roots and when you deny people the opportunity to own a gun and to protect themselves, that is the epitome of racism," he told Al Jazeera.

(Excerpt) Read more at america.aljazeera.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; blacks; guncontrol; secondamendment
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1 posted on 09/01/2013 6:15:04 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
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Read the online commentary of any Chicago based newspaper and you'll see that some of the happiest people that Chicago's gun contol laws were ruled un-Constitutional were the very people (blacks) who live in the highest crime neighborhoods in Chicago.

Finally, they get to defend themselves from the bullet-spraying gang-banging thugs that are terrorizing their neighborhoods and killing their children.

I fully support their God-given Constitutional right to defend themselves and protect their families from the terrorist gang-banging dope pushing gangs.

2 posted on 09/01/2013 6:18:04 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: usconservative

Thank goodness for the NRA, formed to give weapons to freed slaves so they could defend themselves from the democrats who wanted them back in chains.


3 posted on 09/01/2013 6:20:53 AM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: svcw

You think many people know that? The media will not allow that kind of talk at all.


4 posted on 09/01/2013 6:26:10 AM PDT by vortec94
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To: AtlasStalled
"Gun control has racist roots and when you deny people the opportunity to own a gun and to protect themselves, that is the epitome of racism," he told Al Jazeera.

I sympathize with the sentiment, but it is nonsense.

If the gun control policy is conceived and implemented without reference to ethnicity, it's not racist.

It may be stupid and lots of other unflattering adjectives, but not racist.

5 posted on 09/01/2013 6:28:25 AM PDT by Sherman Logan ( (optional, printed after your name on post))
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To: vortec94

Probably not.
Star Parker made a really good short video about these facts awhile ago, worth watching.


6 posted on 09/01/2013 6:31:58 AM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: AtlasStalled

Everything seems to remind some of them of segregation. No use trying to appease them.


7 posted on 09/01/2013 6:40:02 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: AtlasStalled
Al Jazeera


             

8 posted on 09/01/2013 6:47:47 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: AtlasStalled

Al Jazeera just surprised me.


9 posted on 09/01/2013 6:48:29 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
No use trying to appease them

             +1

10 posted on 09/01/2013 6:48:47 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: svcw

-—so much hogwash, which brings discredit to the firearms community-—


11 posted on 09/01/2013 6:49:13 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: rellimpank

What’s hog wash?

This?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKMi023Ofro


12 posted on 09/01/2013 6:53:26 AM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: svcw

Nothing in this Wiki mentions it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association

The NRA has ever mentioned anything about this. I’d like to see the documentation.


13 posted on 09/01/2013 7:15:40 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: AtlasStalled

Black Man with a Gun is a great podcast. In his book and podcasts he lays out the racist past of gun control.


14 posted on 09/01/2013 7:19:40 AM PDT by Solson (The Voters stole the election! And the establishment wants it back.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKMi023Ofro
From Star Parker


15 posted on 09/01/2013 7:38:40 AM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Oh, ye. wikipedia?


16 posted on 09/01/2013 7:39:07 AM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: svcw

I have never come across any NRA writings that indicate this. I would like the NRA to acknowledge this if it is true. It would be nice if it was true. You just can’t name it and claim it or blab it and grab it just because you want it to be true.


17 posted on 09/01/2013 7:45:39 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I did not.
I trust these men and women to be telling the truth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKMi023Ofro


18 posted on 09/01/2013 7:47:45 AM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: AtlasStalled

Chicago has very stringent gun control laws and an extremely high volent crime rate. Detroit has lax gun control laws by comparison. People there can fairly easily purchase guns and get ccw permits. Detroit has a high number of justifiable shootings where its residents were able to defend themselves with a gun, but nonetheless, Detroit also has a very high violent crime rate.

It is not the level or lack of gun control laws that impact crime statistics, it is entirely driven by the number of available criminals a locale has.


19 posted on 09/01/2013 7:50:09 AM PDT by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: svcw

Show me the proof. Let the NRA bring that unknown piece of history to the public. If it is true why hasn’t the NRA ever done so?

I am not going to be naive and just accept what they believe. Show me the Monet!


20 posted on 09/01/2013 7:50:37 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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