{"id":1767660,"date":"2022-12-08T07:42:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T12:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1767660"},"modified":"2022-12-08T11:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T16:33:08","slug":"john-stossel-black-guns-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-stossel-black-guns-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"John Stossel: Black Guns Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohn-stossel-black-guns-matter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1767660&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/4f66bf41-3185-4218-bfc6-686890659229.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>We know about Black Lives Matter. My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dYdk9gSp2Kw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">new video<\/a> is about a group called Black <em>Guns<\/em> Matter.<\/p>\n<p>Maj Toure, a Philadelphia high school dropout turned activist, tells me he started it after he got tired of hearing people endless chanting, &#8220;Black lives matter&#8221; but saying nothing &#8220;when it&#8217;s time for Black people to defend their lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Toure carries a gun wherever he goes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is my human right,&#8221; he says. &#8220;If anybody wants to come chase me down about that, let&#8217;s go to court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He encourages others to arm themselves, especially people who live in high crime neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>I point out that means he wants more guns in places where there are already more shootings.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the point, says Toure. &#8220;The only thing that&#8217;s going to stop evil are good, solid people strong enough to stop them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He sells a T-shirt with the slogan &#8220;make criminals afraid again&#8221; printed on the front.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Criminals should be deathly afraid,&#8221; says Toure. &#8220;If you&#8217;re robbing people and carjacking, I want you to know that we&#8217;re gonna arm our community to deal with you very, very properly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More guns in the hands of citizens, he says, deters criminals.<\/p>\n<p>There is evidence for that. Economist John Lott, author of &#8220;More Guns, Less Crime,&#8221; points out that crime usually drops in states that approve concealed carry laws. The explanation is that criminals in those states fear that their victims could be armed.<\/p>\n<p>I push back at Toure, pointing out that more guns also may lead to more accidental shootings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s under the assumption that those gun owners aren&#8217;t getting training,&#8221; replies Toure.<\/p>\n<p>Training is what Toure does. In 2016, he held his first Black Guns Matter event. He expected 30 people, but 300 showed up. &#8220;It was beautiful,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p>His group now teaches classes all around America.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re teaching absolute beginners that want to know how to be safe and responsible firearms owners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you are threatened, he says, you need a gun and need to know how to use it.<\/p>\n<p>In my video, he tells his students, &#8220;No one&#8217;s coming to save me! I have to save and protect myself and my family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last year, about 90% of gun stores reported an increase in sales to Black people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I made it so,&#8221; says Toure. &#8220;Gun control is racist.&#8221; Gun control was &#8220;started to literally stop Black people from having the means to defend themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That is true. Before the Civil War, Tennessee changed its constitution to say that only &#8220;free white men&#8221; have a right to bear arms. Virginia banned Blacks from carrying &#8220;any firelock of any kind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Later, when some local governments wouldn&#8217;t protect Blacks from racist whites, Blacks often took up arms to protect themselves. Where Blacks had access to firearms, there were <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/09\/08\/a-new-study-suggests-that-black-southerners-access-to-guns-reduced-lynchings\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">fewer lynchings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Toure says gun control is still racist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who&#8217;s arrested more for firearms <em>possession?<\/em>&#8230; Black and brown folks. The narrative that anyone with a firearm is a bad guy is a pervasive theme, especially if you are in an urban environment and if you happen to be Black.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his gun classes, Toure tells his students, &#8220;Follow the rules, and communicate with law enforcement.&#8221; Black people must be extra clear that they have a gun to defend themselves.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a double standard, he complains. &#8220;White folks don&#8217;t gotta articulate their position the same way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Next, Toure plans to expand his classes to teach conflict resolution, and to teach as many people as he can about armed self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All the facts and data are in favor of respect for the Second Amendment,&#8221; he says, &#8220;especially in the Black community.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know about Black Lives Matter. 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