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In reply to the discussion: Man shopping for coffee creamer at Walmart attacked by vigilante for carrying gun he was legally per [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)At risk of what? The man was a law abiding guy going in for creamer. Someone who is afraid of guns thought he was going to commit a crime. But why did he think that? I assume it's because Daniels is black.
So why would an innocent black man going into a store to purchase creamer, carrying a concealed weapon, be putting everyone in the store at risk?
For the record, I'm for major gun control, I hate guns, I don't see any reason people should carry them around. But I think your statement about risk is incorrect. I agree with what you say in this last post as to how do you know, but if the law is that you are allowed to carry a gun then people need to deal with that responsibly. Tackling an innocent person just because they are carrying a gun is just plain stupid and overzealous. And I don't for one minute think that guy would have felt so in danger if Daniels wasn't black. There is no question in my mind that racism was in play here. He could have followed the guy to see if he did anything illegal if he wanted, but he had no right to tackle someone who was simply walking into a store and he didn't make anyone safer by doing so, especially everyone in the store.