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Gun Control Group Has a Racist Take on Black and Brown Gun Owners


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Gun Control Group Has a Racist Take on Black and Brown Gun Owners

 

Beth Baumann | @eb454 Posted: Jan 26, 2021 7:50 PM

 

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.

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"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.

 

The most bogus claim is that the firearms industry is "exploiting crises (real and perceived)" and creating civil unrest to market guns to potential buyers. Basically, the VPC is upset that the gun industry is taking into account various types of gun owners (men, women, black, white, Hispanic), when they market. What happened to diversity? Or is that only something to celebrate when the minority backs your cause?

 

"Mr. Sugarmann’s theories that the firearm industry and others are seeking out Blacks and Latinos to replace present firearm owners is demonstrably racist. It is shocking to me that he believes Black and Latino men and women cannot decide for themselves how and when to exercise their God-given rights. The Second Amendment is a right of all law-abiding Americans at birth, endowed by their Creator and protected by the Second Amendment. It’s not a white right, a Black right or a Latino right," NSSF's Director of Public Affairs, Mark Oliva, told Townhall. "It’s not a right of red states or blue states. It’s God-given right of every American and it is appalling that Mr. Sugarmann believes an entire industry should ignore the personal safety concerns of Black and Latino Americans because he doesn’t believe they should be exercise their rights."

 

“The Second Amendment belongs to everyone, regardless of race, creed, or gender. The NRA is here for all gun owners and we want all Americans to know they are welcome in our ranks. This 'study' – if one call call it that – is inane," the NRA's spokeswoman, Amy Hunter, told Townhall.

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That doesn't fit their narrative though.

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