MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A National Rifle Association lobbyist is telling a Wisconsin legislative committee that guns were a great equalizer for “the blacks.”
Scott Meyer appeared before the state Senate’s judiciary committee during a public hearing on a Republican bill that would allow people to carry concealed weapons without permits or training. The NRA supports the measure.
Meyer told the committee that the cost of training can prevent minorities from obtaining concealed carry licenses, adding that guns were one of the great equalizers for “the blacks” after emancipation.
Sen. Lena Taylor, a Milwaukee Democrat who is black, chastised Meyer. She told him calling African-Americans “the blacks” doesn’t help cultural diversity.
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Wow! Never let facts get in the way of a good argument…
Sometimes the most supportive evidence is the kind you make up yourself.
Here in Wisconsin, that counts as thoughtful commentary. Guns are less helpful for “the blacks” now that the penalty for carrying a firearm while black is immediate execution.
Oh sure. If a “black” in Wisconsin is carrying a picture of a gun the police are paid to shoot 1st and ask questions later!
With Trump and the Republican Communist Party, the US is now the most racist so called developed nation in the world. Thanks to Robert’s Supreme Court, Trump, Paul Ryan, and Mitch McConnell!
As a white - I am ashamed of my country’s backward track under Republican racist leadership and their policies. America is destined towards a 2nd civil war - Mitch McConnell will have blood on his hands!