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by nnfy 3179 days ago
Why? Why immediately turn this into a racial issue?

You dont think there will be minorities clinging to their guns?

Dont you think your comment is a bit racist?

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> Why immediately turn this into a racial issue?

Gun control in America has always been a racial issue. Black people have never been able to own guns as freely as white people, from the Black Codes to the Mulford Act to Marissa Alexander and Philando Castile today.

> You dont think there will be minorities clinging to their guns?

That there will be is entirely the point of my comment!

> Dont you think your comment is a bit racist?

No. I think America is a lot racist. And I think that will have implications on enforcement if gun control policies are enacted, and so we need to keep that in mind when considering what to enact.