CNN article on race and guns and the civil rights movement

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

So gun rights supporters are white Republicans who distrust blacks, and black Americans are liberal Democrats who want strict gun control, right?

Err... not really.
For an explanation and a look at the racist roots of gun control, see today's CNN page:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/10/us/guns-race/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

 

[Rolling_trip]

That is the biggest load of crap I have ever read.... Why is the media trying to start a race war? What is in it for them?

 

[GeauxLSU]

I could only make a couple of paragraphs. CNN.... there's a reason their status as #1 'news' network is in PAST TENSE.

 

[galvatron]

That is the biggest load of crap I have ever read.... Why is the media trying to start a race war? What is in it for them?

Advertising dollars.

 

[zesty]

I couldn't read the whole thing but I skimmed most of it. There's actually some good points in the article, the whole thing is just poorly written. Nevermind the content, the structure sucks.

 

[georgia357]

That is the biggest load of crap I have ever read.... Why is the media trying to start a race war? What is in it for them?

I think it's all about the black vote and keeping them voting for the democrats.

 

[chucklenut]

i quit reading pretty fast into it

 

[RamRoddoc]

I couldn't read the whole thing but I skimmed most of it. There's actually some good points in the article, the whole thing is just poorly written. Nevermind the content, the structure sucks.

Ditto,

A hodgepodge of information but the direction and purpose seemed rather vague.

 

[Aimless]

I don't care which race in America has guns, or the most guns as long as we have more than the fed. At one time in this country we did, but that time is long past. Now we have a huge lumbering government lording over all of us.

"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."

 

[goober3]

I don't care which race in America has guns, or the most guns as long as we have more than the fed. At one time in this country we did, but that time is long past. Now we have a huge lumbering government lording over all of us.

"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."

I agree. But not every gun rights advocate is an advocate for the same reason.

Many people associate negative characteristics with socio-economic background, which, oftentimes, is closely related to race