{"id":392910,"date":"2021-04-06T14:58:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T18:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=392910"},"modified":"2021-04-06T14:58:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T18:58:44","slug":"imagine-thinking-soaring-black-gun-ownership-is-a-bad-thing-pretty-racist-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/imagine-thinking-soaring-black-gun-ownership-is-a-bad-thing-pretty-racist-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagine Thinking \u2018Soaring\u2019 Black Gun Ownership Is A Bad Thing. Pretty Racist, Right?"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fimagine-thinking-soaring-black-gun-ownership-is-a-bad-thing-pretty-racist-right%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=392910&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\/2021\/04\/fb_image-564.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>On Monday, The Hill published a piece titled, \u201cGun ownership among Black Americans is soaring.\u201d The first line read, \u201c\u2018In times of uncertainty people want to be able to have the means to defend themselves,\u2019 a law professor said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When the outlet published the piece, they shared a link on Twitter, accompanied by an image which appeared to show an armed black militia group.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.2985074626866\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gun ownership among Black Americans is soaring <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eb8ULoz4Ag\">https:\/\/t.co\/eb8ULoz4Ag<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OyFTYLMXrK\">pic.twitter.com\/OyFTYLMXrK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hill (@thehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1379130489659854850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The article covers an array of cherry-picked topics surrounding the supposed plague of \u201cwhite violence.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The \u201cstory at a glance\u201d is that \u201cBlack gun owners are responsive to white on black violence,\u201d and that \u201cThere is a correlation between the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and Philando Castile and Black gun owners, according to reports,\u201d with black people \u201cbuying guns at a high record rate, partially due to fear and anxiety.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBlack people owning guns have gone up 58.2 percent, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) \u2014 and gun groups like the \u2018Not F**king Around Coalition (NFAC)\u2019 consist of armed social justice advocates who demand justice for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, visibly strapped with handguns,\u201d the Hill added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Later, the article discussed \u201cThe National African American Gun Association (NAAGA), a Black alternative to the National Rifle Association (NRA),\u201d which \u201csaw its membership increase rapidly to about 30,000 members\u201d in 2019 following Philando Castile\u2019s death. The organization, which has been in business since 2015, has 75 chapters nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Setting aside the article\u2019s clear hyper-focus on a tiny proportion of black gun owners \u2014 with 0.18% of black gun owners being members of the NAAGA and just 0.02% being members of the NFAC\u201d \u2014 it\u2019s important not to miss a central point being subtly made by the Hill \u2014 that increased gun ownership among black Americans is bad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The reason the article\u2019s focus is on minority groups like the NAAGA and NFAC is that they exist in opposition to <em>something<\/em>. More specifically, something that the legacy media also opposes: The broad generalized issue of \u201cwhite violence\u201d and \u201csystemic racism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Therefore, the Hill slyly takes the broad increase in black gun ownership \u2014 which may be <\/span><i><span>in part<\/span><\/i><span> motivated by the threat of white protestors or \u201cwhite violence,\u201d whether real or otherwise \u2014 and removes all other considerations. The implied conclusion? Black gun ownership is<\/span> <span>only increasing because of white supremacy, and if it weren\u2019t for white supremacy, they wouldn\u2019t be buying guns!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>No. No, no, no. The more law-abiding Americans who can safely own and carry firearms, the better, both for their own safety and the safety of those around them. Cherry-picking the reasons why&nbsp;<em>some<\/em> black Americans buy guns to explain away their decision to exercise their inalienable rights is simply intellectually dishonest and incredibly cynical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After all, if you don\u2019t believe that black Americans exercise their rights for the same reasons as others, perhaps <\/span><i><span>you\u2019re<\/span><\/i><span> the racist in this scenario?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, The Hill published a piece titled, \u201cGun ownership among Black Americans is soaring.\u201d The first line read, \u201c\u2018In times of uncertainty people want to be able to have &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311738,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-564.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Imagine Thinking \u2018Soaring\u2019 Black Gun Ownership Is A Bad Thing. 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