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Group wants to eliminate 'human black silhouette' targets
Guns.com ^ | February 17, 2017 | Chris Eger

Posted on 02/19/2017 7:31:24 AM PST by Zakeet

The No More Black Targets campaign argues that shooting ranges and instructors should not use "menacing" black targets, and is petitioning to end the practice, citing trigger bias.

"Young black men are 3X more likely to be shot by trained shooters than their white peers," notes the site for the campaign. "A disturbing potential correlation: The most popular target for shooters to learn to use their firearm is a black silhouette. Unconscious bias can be deadly."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; black; guns; racism; targets
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To: Zakeet
CRAYOLA TO DISCONTINUE BLACK, BROWN, YELLOW AND RED CRAYONS !!!


41 posted on 02/19/2017 8:01:41 AM PST by Vlad The Inhaler ("I really took notice when the animals began to pair up and stand in line." - NOAH)
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To: DannyTN
The sun is racist and casts black shadows. You never see a white shadow.

Good one, worth remembering!

But, if that's true, why do we have a "shadow government?"

42 posted on 02/19/2017 8:02:18 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Zakeet

I officially quit the Democratic Party fifteen years ago though I had voted for Republican candidates for office before that. I couldn’t take any more of the extreme left turn the party was taking and bailed on them. It looks like the brainwashing and insanity is just getting worse over there.


43 posted on 02/19/2017 8:04:11 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: bar sin·is·ter


44 posted on 02/19/2017 8:06:34 AM PST by Vlad The Inhaler ("I really took notice when the animals began to pair up and stand in line." - NOAH)
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To: Zakeet

Well that ‘group’ needs to not use black targets then, i’ll use whatever the heck I want, not what some ‘group’ wants.


45 posted on 02/19/2017 8:07:16 AM PST by redcatcherb412
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To: albie

No More White Bread!!!!


46 posted on 02/19/2017 8:10:05 AM PST by SkyDancer (Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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To: albie

...and what about black holes, dark matter, newsprint, skunks, geez, this is how insanity is passed on.


47 posted on 02/19/2017 8:10:48 AM PST by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and. the pursuit of Happiness.)
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To: Zakeet

I remember when the most popular target at most ranges was a black guy holding a white woman hostage. Now that was pretty un PC. A black silhouette not so much. :-)


48 posted on 02/19/2017 8:11:15 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Zakeet

Why do they think they own the color black?


49 posted on 02/19/2017 8:14:08 AM PST by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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To: Zakeet

Don’t do the crimes and then the targets won’t seem so realistic and appropriate.


50 posted on 02/19/2017 8:18:10 AM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Zakeet

When they do a TV interview with a mob guy in the Witness Protection Program, he’s always silhouetted in black to hide his identity. I guess they should do away with this practice as well.


51 posted on 02/19/2017 8:23:50 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Zakeet

Gray and some white targets are also out of bounds. They offend seniors.


52 posted on 02/19/2017 8:25:09 AM PST by Bringbackthedraft (???? My tag line dissappeared. ???)
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To: Zakeet

So now they are going to make it a hate crime for shooting black targets? I’m guessing it is equally bad to shoot targets wearing a turban too?


53 posted on 02/19/2017 8:40:41 AM PST by Blue Highway (Q)
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To: DannyTN

Wait until they find out, Black and White TV only uses a white signal!
Black is ZERO!!!


54 posted on 02/19/2017 8:42:30 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT (Go Trump!)
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To: Rurudyne

Or a dude wearing a dress to give the trannies some attention.


55 posted on 02/19/2017 8:42:41 AM PST by Blue Highway (Q)
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To: Zakeet

Wait until these retards discover many old westerns had the good guys wearing white on white horses & the bad guys wearing black on a black horse.

Or how about the black cat folklore.


56 posted on 02/19/2017 8:44:03 AM PST by redfreedom
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To: DannyTN

Well that’s pretty freaky. What movie is that from?


57 posted on 02/19/2017 8:46:29 AM PST by Blue Highway (Q)
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To: Blue Highway

I sense a movie: Wethaw Weapwon


58 posted on 02/19/2017 8:59:50 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Zakeet
At least stop giving them Afros - oh, wait.

And if they used white silhouettes on a black background, it would mean that the crowd behind them was the target....

59 posted on 02/19/2017 9:17:00 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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"Young black men are 3X more likely to be shot by trained shooters than their white peers," because they are three times more likely to commit violent crimes!

there fixed it...

60 posted on 02/19/2017 9:18:30 AM PST by Chode (may the RATS all die of dehydration from crying)
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