RandomGuy
03-01-2019, 08:29 PM
Despite strong support for gun control in African-American communities, pro-gun conservatives see a chance to make inroads.
By BEN SCHRECKINGER 03/01/2019 05:08 AM EST
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OXON HILL, Md. — For a few minutes at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday afternoon, the message was more Malcolm X than William F. Buckley.
Sporting a red hoodie, his hair in cornrows, Maj Toure touted his group, Black Guns Matter. "We go where there's high violence, high crime, high gun control — high slave mentalities, to be perfectly honest,” he said, “and inform urban America about their human right, as stated in the Second Amendment, to defend their life."
A besuited interviewer seated on stage next to Toure told him, "You don’t look or sound like your stereotypical Second Amendment advocate."
Indeed, Toure could not have looked more out of place at an annual conservative-activist confab known for drawing throngs of clean-cut, mostly white, young conservatives in drab suits. That was precisely the point.
Opinion polling shows that black Americans view guns more negatively and are more supportive of gun control than whites and Hispanics. But some anecdotal evidence suggests that blacks have shown greater interest in gun ownership in recent years, fueled in large part by the rise of President Donald Trump, who has energized white nationalists and presided over a period of growing racial tension.
Ironically, conservatives have seen that dynamic as an opportunity to make inroads with black voters on gun rights. And CPAC has pounced.
Along with Toure, this year’s CPAC conference features appearances by at least two other black gun rights activists: Antonia Okafor, the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, and Niger Innis, spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality.
The prominent billing is no accident, said Dan Schneider, executive director of the American Conservative Union, which hosts CPAC. “We are making an intentional statement that all people deserve the protection of their Second Amendment rights," he said.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/01/gun-rights-african-americans-1197153
I can just see a bunch of well armed black people showing up to a Trump rally. That would end well. :rollin
By BEN SCHRECKINGER 03/01/2019 05:08 AM EST
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OXON HILL, Md. — For a few minutes at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday afternoon, the message was more Malcolm X than William F. Buckley.
Sporting a red hoodie, his hair in cornrows, Maj Toure touted his group, Black Guns Matter. "We go where there's high violence, high crime, high gun control — high slave mentalities, to be perfectly honest,” he said, “and inform urban America about their human right, as stated in the Second Amendment, to defend their life."
A besuited interviewer seated on stage next to Toure told him, "You don’t look or sound like your stereotypical Second Amendment advocate."
Indeed, Toure could not have looked more out of place at an annual conservative-activist confab known for drawing throngs of clean-cut, mostly white, young conservatives in drab suits. That was precisely the point.
Opinion polling shows that black Americans view guns more negatively and are more supportive of gun control than whites and Hispanics. But some anecdotal evidence suggests that blacks have shown greater interest in gun ownership in recent years, fueled in large part by the rise of President Donald Trump, who has energized white nationalists and presided over a period of growing racial tension.
Ironically, conservatives have seen that dynamic as an opportunity to make inroads with black voters on gun rights. And CPAC has pounced.
Along with Toure, this year’s CPAC conference features appearances by at least two other black gun rights activists: Antonia Okafor, the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, and Niger Innis, spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality.
The prominent billing is no accident, said Dan Schneider, executive director of the American Conservative Union, which hosts CPAC. “We are making an intentional statement that all people deserve the protection of their Second Amendment rights," he said.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/01/gun-rights-african-americans-1197153
I can just see a bunch of well armed black people showing up to a Trump rally. That would end well. :rollin