Black gun owners: rock and a hard place

[A-R]

Interesting article ( to Kathy Jackson, aka "The Cornered Cat" for linking this to her FB page)

You ever wonder why there are so few African Americans at your pro-gun event? For many shooters in the black community gun ownership makes them a pariah. They deal with gun bigotry, cultural alienation and a lack of support. Let me illustrate one case with a guy named Phil and his family ...

http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/24/black ... ard-place/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[harrycallahan]

Funny thing, racism. Not really. But it is alive and well in this country. It has infiltrated and permeated the black community. I qualified along side people of all types and I share range time with them as well. Not once has the color of someone's skin become an issue.

[mamabearCali]

How terrible! I did not realize it was so bad for people out there. So sad for those that need it the most (women in inner cities) to be viscerally afraid of a tool that could save their lives.

[Texas Dan Mosby]

/sigh

[BigGuy]

I swear my first thought, when reading the title of this topic, was "What difference does the color of your gun make?"

[gdanaher]

That was an enjoyable read. I hope you all actually read the full text. It isn't long. What you should get out of it is that a lot of folks view gun ownership in political terms, and very narrowly at that. You don't have to be a tea party republican, a southern baptist, or red in the neck to feel the need to defend your constitutional rights. And it shouldn't be a crime to have honest disagreements in how the nation is run, as long as the discussion is civil.

[Jim Beaux]

Considering the number of rappers & common portrayals of black heroes/thugs in the media with guns, I think the writer is off base.

[SRH78]

I don't the exact numbers but I recently read that the fastest growing group of chl holders is black women. Percentage wise, the numbers were way up.

[The Annoyed Man]

I don't the exact numbers but I recently read that the fastest growing group of chl holders is black women. Percentage wise, the numbers were way up.

My wife was at a women's business conference a while back and made the acquaintance of a black female CHL instructor. They had a great conversation about CCW. I also note that last night there was a local DFW news story on Fox 4 reported by Shaun Rabb in which a a couple of black churchgoers got robbed at gunpoint after leaving church in Oak Cliff. The man was the church pastor, and Rabb noted that he is also a CHL holder, but that he had left his firearm at home that day....or things might have turned out differently:

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/19919270/ ... ers-robbed

....worth noting....the bad guy used an "automatic pistol," which seems like a pretty sizable investment for a guy who is resorting to robbing donut money from church goers....

[smoothoperator]

I swear my first thought, when reading the title of this topic, was "What difference does the color of your gun make?"

They have a 40 page thread. viewtopic.php?f=87&t=14417&p=723807&hil ... ns#p723807" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Lumberjack98]

That was a well written article and I like Ken Blanchard. I've been subscribing to his "Black Man with a Gun" podcast for a couple of years now.

[Beiruty]

I can relate.How about a conservative observant Sunni Muslim who carries a concealed handgun?. Muslims friends would think I work for *** government agency. Others would think I have a malcious intent to carry. Catch 22?

[mamabearCali]

As long as you aren't brandishing and yelling in Arabic, you are I are cool. I am glad to know that decent men are armed.

[Jaguar]

One of my wife's best friends is falls into this group. A very nice, fun, happy go lucky, lovely black woman. She was having problems with a stalker and may still be, as he shows up after several months or years after no contact. My wife, a CHL holder, tries to get her to get a gun and her CHL to protect herself but every time the subject comes up her friend wrinkles her nose like someone farted and says, "Girl, no. I don't need a gun."

I have offered to teach her, take her to the range, help her find a gun, and even to pay for her CHL training through my club. She will have nothing to do with it. It has always boggles my mind, this article was enlightening.

[gdanaher]

How about this: a scholarship program that would fund in part or whole the cost of the class and perhaps a portion of the license fee for those women who would otherwise qualify legally to obtain a license but due to circumstances are unable to afford to do so? Folks need to pay something to have respect for the license and ownership in the process, but there are likely a lot of abused women with stalkers after them who might benefit. And if the low life knows she might be packing, well, he might go elsewhere....just a thought