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Eleanors38

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21. Malcolm X would disagree: "[the Second] provides you and me the right to own a rifle or a shotgun."

Thu Jul 7, 2016, 03:37 PM

Jul 2016

On crickets, what is your response to the question: Should black people, or Muslims, or LGBTQ people, or women, or other minorities have the right to keep and bear arms as the majority population now exercises?

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Cops shoot gun-owner for exercising 2nd Amendment rights [View all] DetlefK Jul 2016 OP

No confusion. "He's got a gun ..." Beakybird Jul 2016 #1

CCW laws are only safeinOhio Jul 2016 #2

I'll remind the black owner of Central Texas Gun Works. Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #18

How is he different than the safeinOhio Jul 2016 #20

Your question is better addressed to the shop owner... Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #24

cops are grilled to fear black men, therefore will shoot them for less reason AntiBank Jul 2016 #23

I agree, and have seen this since I was a kid. Yet millions of blacks lawfully carry... Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #26

I think they don't even need a reason why they are carrying IF they are doing so in a lawful manner AntiBank Jul 2016 #28

Your suggestions concerning the WOD are right on. This is programmatic Anti-Black policy... Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #30

And that's another reason they shouldn't be legal scscholar Jul 2016 #29

Dem there guns 'is fuh white folks' malaise Jul 2016 #3

Felons dont have second amendment rights. Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #4

Although that's true... Orrex Jul 2016 #5

I'm sure they enumerated all the offenses he had convictions for baldguy Jul 2016 #6

i just think the article is misleading Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #12

And I think you're being disingenuous, at best. baldguy Jul 2016 #13

Which is why he deserved to die? Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #8

Are the cops mind readers? gollygee Jul 2016 #9

So, he had a big flashing "F" for felon above his head Bettie Jul 2016 #11

They may very well have known who he was. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2016 #27

Still not a death penalty offense Bettie Jul 2016 #36

I wholeheartedly agree. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2016 #37

In Lousiana they do Nevernose Jul 2016 #14

The first modern "gun control" legislation was because racists were scared of the Black Panthers. Odin2005 Jul 2016 #7

Being black is the exception to having rights. And white cops enforce that. n/t librechik Jul 2016 #10

Crickets from the NRA. Didn't you know, the Second Amendment only counts if your white! n/t backscatter712 Jul 2016 #15

In your own words, what do you think the NRA should say about this? friendly_iconoclast Jul 2016 #16

If they weren't so hypocritical, they'd be defending the family of the gentleman who was shot... backscatter712 Jul 2016 #31

Historically the NRA is slow to respond to these things regardless of race aikoaiko Jul 2016 #42

It appears he was prohibited from possessing a firearm. Why should the NRA comment? Marengo Jul 2016 #17

I mixed this case up with the other police shooting... backscatter712 Jul 2016 #32

With so many tragedies of this type easy to do, I did in another thread as well. Marengo Jul 2016 #34

Malcolm X would disagree: "[the Second] provides you and me the right to own a rifle or a shotgun." Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #21

Let's just say the NRA would be screaming right now if... backscatter712 Jul 2016 #33

Maybe. I don't know. I'm not a member. Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #35

This needs correction: The shooting victim was in illegal possession of a gun. Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #19

And the cops knew that how??? DetlefK Jul 2016 #38

My comments go to your incorrect headline. You should correct it. nt Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #39

As far as they were aware, he WAS exercising his 2nd Amendment rights. DetlefK Jul 2016 #40

http://imgur.com/gKZbLUk Capt. Obvious Jul 2016 #22

Gun rights are for everyone. romanic Jul 2016 #25

MARK Fuhrman????? Night Watchman Jul 2016 #41

Mark Fuhrman is who Fox News chose as their expert on law enforcement? oberliner Jul 2016 #43

Its a nod-nod, wink-wink to the racist cohort in their KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #44