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MinM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-16-08 10:06 AM
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Where are the gun rights groups now?
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Where are the gun rights groups now?
John White, a black man from Long Island, NY gets a jail term for defending his home when a white mob arrives to harm his son, yet Joe Horn, a white Texan, shoots two people dead on his neighbor’s lawn who weren’t even bothering him? What’s wrong with that picture?

As a black man, just imagine: A gang of white guys show up at your house after 11 p.m., cursing, shouting “ni**er, and threatening to kill your son. You take the old .32 Beretta you inherited from your grandfather, go outside and order the mob off your property. Instead of leaving, one of the white guys refuses to back down and slaps the gun in defiance. What do you think happens next?...

John White, a hardworking man, had brought his family from the Bronx out to the safer suburbs of Miller Place, which is 0.4 percent black. A recent study concluded that Long Island is sadly "the single most segregated suburban community in the United States." Italians and blacks have historically been segregated and in tense relations in the NY area. And obviously some ethnicities can’t get over their past. Cicciaro’s gang wouldn’t have been there in the first place if it hadn’t been for this racial tension and if there hadn't been a racially motivated hoax.

Meanwhile in Texas, Joe Horn, who bragged to the 911 operator about new gun laws just before rushing out of the safety of his own house to shoot down two burglars at his neighbor’s house is freed with no charges. The police arrived only moments later to find the two dead bodies...
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Where-are-the-gun-rights-g-by-William-Lawrence-080714-884.html
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