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http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/women-lgbt-pink-pistols-gavin-newsom/2016/06/06/id/732500/
Seems some LGBT's are into defending other constitutional rights as well..
the dems seem upset because they fought so hard for the LGBT rights and now that a portion of the LGBT group is Pro-2A the dems feel betrayed...lmfao!!!!
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Firearms ownership used to be huge in the black community. They recognized the vital importance of self-defense in the post-slavery era and during the civil rights era. Ida B Wells, Harriet Tubman, Malcom X, Dr King - all proud gun owners. Then the left somehow succeeded in convincing blacks that they would forever be victims of gun violence and should vote blue - if anyone knows more about the history of how that happened, please share.The NRA was FOUNDED in a large part to re-affirm the Rights Of Blacks to own firearms.
If we could somehow get more Blacks to realize the 2A is their CIVIL RIGHT, progress could be made.
This. I follow them on FB - good bunch of folks.The Pink Pistols are a great organization. They promote self-reliance and taking responsibility for your own safety.
Unfortunately, the Boston PP chapter has been defunct for many years, although I don't know that it was a very viable chapter. Having an active chapter here in Massachusetts would be a great asset.The Pink Pistols are a great organization. They promote self-reliance and taking responsibility for your own safety. I know it's not fashionable on NES to admit to caring about whether or not gay people live or die, but I've got a couple of friends who are gay and they've had horrible experiences when they haven't been doing anything. One of them was thrown down a flight of stairs in Jesus' name with no excuse other than "Jesus hates gays." I'm a Libertarian and a huge fan of *everyone* being able to defend themselves. The next time some rednecks decide to pull a Matthew Shepard on someone, I would love for the potential victim to pull out a gun and make the world a better place.
Firearms ownership used to be huge in the black community. They recognized the vital importance of self-defense in the post-slavery era and during the civil rights era. Ida B Wells, Harriet Tubman, Malcom X, Dr King - all proud gun owners. Then the left somehow succeeded in convincing blacks that they would forever be victims of gun violence and should vote blue - if anyone knows more about the history of how that happened, please share.
http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/women-lgbt-pink-pistols-gavin-newsom/2016/06/06/id/732500/
Seems some LGBT's are into defending other constitutional rights as well..
Firearms ownership used to be huge in the black community. They recognized the vital importance of self-defense in the post-slavery era and during the civil rights era. Ida B Wells, Harriet Tubman, Malcom X, Dr King - all proud gun owners. Then the left somehow succeeded in convincing blacks that they would forever be victims of gun violence and should vote blue - if anyone knows more about the history of how that happened, please share.
'bout fu(kin time!
I don't think a lot has been written about this with any level of scientific or academic rigor, but I've kinda ruminated on this question a little bit since you posted.
Some thoughts I've been kicking around. I mean, I'm white, and this is pretty blatant whitesplaining, but until someone who actually is Black, or has done some academic research into this, puts in his or her two cents, it's probably all we're gonna have.
- Due to the Great Migration in the first two-thirds of the 20th century, a large portion of the African-American population in the US transitioned from an agrarian, rural, Southern life, to a Northern, urbanized, industrial one. White or Black, urbanized populations tend to rely on police for defense against crime to a greater extent than their more rural cousins. If nothing else, urbanization means that the police are closer by and can respond faster. Also, Northern cities like New York, Chicago, and Boston had placed extensive restrictions on ownership and carrying of arms well before the Great Migration had started. Chicago in particular was a magnet for African-American internal migrants from the South, with the Illinois Central railroad up the Mississippi, and later Highway 61 (yes, the one commemorated by Bob Dylan), providing a convenient pipeline to the North for the hopeful.
- African-American civil rights leaders in the 1960s mostly recognized that open-carry of arms and the use of armed resistance as part of the civil-rights struggle could well trigger a race war--a war which they would lose. They also recognized that nonviolent protest would be "taking the high road" and would get them more sympathy both at home and internationally.
- The Gun Control Act of 1968 worked together with the expanding number of felonies, several decades of "get tough on crime" laws, and discriminatory enforcement to systematically disarm African-Americans, and especially AA men, by turning them into "prohibited persons". This meant that gun ownership could no longer be a thing for many African-Americans. I can only speculate as to whether that systematic disarmament was part of the original intent of GCA68, or whether this was an accident. But I do note that the aforementioned scenario of Black Panthers wandering around openly armed informed the debate surrounding GCA68.
- The epidemic of violence in the inner cities in the 1960s-90s, which disproportionately affected African-Americans, made gun bans look like a good idea to many people. Yes, I know the idea doesn't hold water once you bring up the evidence that it doesn't help--but it has huge emotional appeal, as one can see from the large number of people among the general public who clamor for restrictions on guns after a mass shooting happens.
The Democratic Party solidified itself as the party of African-American voters--mostly--with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Republican Party did try, about 20-30 years ago, to capture the growing number of middle-class people of color as a constituency, because they shared middle-class values of hard work, education, and achievement. They were also largely socially-conservative, with many African-Americans being evangelical Baptists. I'm not sure where that effort fell short.
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