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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

4. I am Black.

Reply to nocoincidences (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 3, 2020, 10:09 PM

Aug 2020

If I decide to own a gun (unlikely) the last thing that I would do is concealed carry in my vehicle. That is a recipe for some police officers to commit murder and get away with it.

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Gun sales spike among African-Americans: 'Our ancestors died for us to vote [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP

Good, the great equalizer. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2020 #1

Wasn't there a situation in a southern state where the 3 Percenters white supremacist were Blue_true Aug 2020 #2

I love this satire below Lucky Luciano Aug 2020 #6

If I were Black, nocoincidences Aug 2020 #3

I am Black. Blue_true Aug 2020 #4

See Philando Castille. Telling the cop he had a legit gun in the car didn't help. Lucky Luciano Aug 2020 #5

I love this ad Gothmog Aug 2020 #7

Very funny stuff - love that actor from Glee! nt jmg257 Aug 2020 #9

! MerryBlooms Aug 2020 #14

I wonder how much they'll want to vote for "sensible gun laws". jmg257 Aug 2020 #8

The author Paul Theroux travelled the South for a book GusBob Aug 2020 #10

Every Democrat, left leaning independent and every POC PTWB Aug 2020 #11

What makes you think that Dems aren't armed also? dware Aug 2020 #15

Oh sure, many of us are armed. Myself included. PTWB Aug 2020 #16

My guess (and it's only that) is that a substantial portion of those buying firearms for the first Dial H For Hero Aug 2020 #21

Way ahead of you there NickB79 Aug 2020 #19

They have every right to defend themselves and their families dalton99a Aug 2020 #12

Increased gun sales are an indicator that Democrats are on the upswing... Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #13

You ask if this news will have conservatives rethinking gun control Devil Child Aug 2020 #17

That matches what I have seen sarisataka Aug 2020 #18

On the gun forums I've seen, there is absolutely *zero* support for gun control from conservatives. Dial H For Hero Aug 2020 #20