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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Black Lives Don’t Matter To The NRA
BY KIRA LERNER at Think Progresshttp://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/07/07/3796062/nra-black-lives-matter/
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While the NRA loves to highlight these stories about using guns to punish criminals, they are exceedingly rare. Less than one percent of homicides in the U.S. occur during a home invasion and the rate of burglary in the U.S. has been steadily declining. Meanwhile, the reality of gun ownership in black communities, especially in cities, is much different.
While 61 percent of white Americans think gun rights are more important than gun control, 60 percent of African Americans hold the exact opposite position. Black parents are nearly twice as likely as white parents to say they worry about their child getting shot. Black parents worry more about shootings than about drug or alcohol use or depression. And 82 percent of African Americans say they frequently worry about interactions between the police and young men of color.
The fear isnt unfounded. Four in ten African Americans have been personally impacted by gun-related violence. More than half of black millennials have said that they know a victim of police violence.
In black neighborhoods, like in all other parts of the country, more guns mean more violence. Its been proven time and time again.
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applegrove
(118,925 posts)Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)applegrove
(118,925 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Fear of blackness was the pretext behind then-California Governor Ronald Reagans decision in 1967 to sign a law that made it illegal to openly carry firearms in the state. Just before the laws passage, a group of Black Panthers openly carried their guns into the state Capitol Building, in an act that terrified mainstream white America. The law had the full backing of the NRA
Nearly 50 years later, black people still arent protected by gun laws that shield white Americans.
After Philando Castiles death, his mother, Valerie Castile, told CNN that Philando and his sister, who also had a concealed carry permit, had talked about whether the laws permitting them to carry weapons would protect them.
My daughter said, You know what, I dont even want to carry my gun because Im afraid theyll shoot me first and ask questions later, she said.
Sadly, her fears were proven justified.
Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)Igel
(35,390 posts)Is there a further point to be made?
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)84%
Most homicides were intraracial, with 84% of white victims killed by whites, and 93% of black victims killed by blacks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_crime_in_the_United_States
Igel
(35,390 posts)But if 93% of black victims are killed by blacks, it means 7% are killed by non-blacks. That means whites and Latinos. Asians contribute a small portion.
If 84% of whites are killed by whites, it means 16% of those dead whites are killed by non-whites. That means blacks and Latinos. The role of Asians can also be discounted here.
The murder rate, though, doesn't include "Latino" as a major reporting category. Latinos are white or black for this purpose.
Did you really mean to point out that there's a disproportionate number of whites killed by blacks than blacks killed by whites?
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)and get into numbers relative to victims, race, populations, you will find gun violence disproportionately impacts people of color in every category!
This BS about black on black gun deaths as so much more to fear than violence from the people we entrust to "protect and serve" us and the system that supports immeasurable disproportionate violence against people of color - a reality that cannot be sanely denied - how is this just a game to fellow Democrats?
The better question might be, what kind of "Democrats" play this game?
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)is one of my favorite Harrison songs...
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63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)Designed use of the gun doesn't matter. Specific purpose of the ammo design doesn't matter. Stockpile of neither matter. Private exchanges don't matter. How trained the owner is and their personal safety procedures don't matter. Nothing matters but guns, guns, and more guns.
Matrosov
(1,098 posts)If the majority of gun owners where people of color and the majority of shooting victims were whites. If fact, some of the earliest forms of gun control in the US were aimed at disarming people of color, not at saving lives. Now the attitude is, if they can't disarm all people of color, it'd be best not to pass any more gun control, so white folks can make sure they're well protected against 'thugs' and 'terrorists.'