Posted on 01/27/2021 6:30:57 AM PST by rktman
The Violence Policy Center (VPC) on Monday released a 39-page report about the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the gun industry as a whole. The gun control group takes issue with the NSSF and NRA "targeting" blacks and Latinos as first-time gun owners.
"In its marketing efforts to communities of color, the gun industry frequently focuses on the self-defense use of firearms, despite the fact that guns are rarely used to stop crimes or kill criminals and are far more likely to be used in homicides, suicides, or fatal unintentional shootings," the report stated. "Recognizing that Blacks and Latinos are already disproportionately impacted by lethal gun violence, these efforts can only increase death and injury in these communities."
VPC's Executive Director and the report's author, Josh Sugarmann, compared the gun industry to the tobacco industry, saying groups like the NSSF and NRA are working to arm blacks and Latinos for all the wrong reasons. In particular, Sugarmann argued, is because they want to drive gun sales.
"Along with the hope of increased gun sales, a corollary goal of this effort is to turn more Blacks and Latinos, who historically support gun violence prevention measures, into pro-gun advocates for future political battles," Sugarmann said.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Gun control people at their core are suicidal.
Perhaps they should lead by example?
It really doesn’t matter what dead people spew in papers they read to each other.
From Sugarmann’s bio on wiki:
“He maintains a Class One Federal Firearms License in Washington, DC, which makes it legal for him to transfer and handle firearms.”
Gun control WAS STARTED BY THE KKK to keep guns out of the hands of Blacks in the South.
It was started a little earlier, to keep guns out of the hands of slaves. (middle 1830’s)
THAT IS A BALD-FACED LIE, and they know it.
The available literature is clear: between 100,000 and 2.2 MILLION crimes per year are stopped by firearm-wielding individuals.
I own black guns and brown guns. Actually, most of my guns are a mixture of black and brown, so I guess that makes me a black and brown gun owner.
Regards,
In the late 1800, the demonRATs and their crew, the KKK, were against blacks owning guns.
The NRA stood up for the blacks owning guns to protect themselves against the KKK.
Notice any pattern?
Please Please Please!!!
Please Please Please!!!
Josh Sugarmann on scary guns!
“Assault weapons’ menacing looks, coupled with the public’s confusion over fully-automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons—anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun— can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on
these weapons.”
– Josh Sugarmann
That scumbag is still around? Who knew?
A lie right out of the gate.
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