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Related: About this forumOh DAMN! That backlash really smarts!!!
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-africanamerican-guns-idUSKCN0PP2N320150715
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Oh DAMN! That backlash really smarts!!! (Original Post)
pablo_marmol
Mar 2017
OP
CNN: "African-American gun club says membership surged in Trump era"
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2017
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Throck
(2,520 posts)1. It's an old article.
Club co-founder Darrin Reed, who is also a member of the New Black Panthers, said more blacks are arming themselves now then in the past because the government and police have shown theyre not able to keep drug dealers out of African American communities..
They failed to protect the black community, he said
None the less it's still relevant. Crime does not discriminate.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)3. Yeah, I noticed the date.
As you mention, still relevant. As are many dated articles, since the tactics of pro-restriction supporters......and basic facts relating to gun violence don't change much over time. (The drop in gun violence being an obvious exception.)
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)2. CNN: "African-American gun club says membership surged in Trump era"
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/us/african-american-gun-club-trump/
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)4. Yes --- I recall this video.
Which is why the somewhat dated article I posted is just as, if not more relevant than when it was published.
Blue_Warrior
(135 posts)5. When seconds matter, the police are only minutes away.