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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere is only one way to get assault rifles banned.
Have millions of black people purchase them.
hack89
(39,181 posts)love of guns transcends race in America, at least if you look at the demographics of gun violence.
Angry young white guys are certainly preponderance of mass shooters but when it comes to everyday gun violence, racial equality seems to prevail.
Many black people have purchased assault weapons.
sop
(19,299 posts)It took Congress like fifteen minutes to ban that.
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FalloutShelter
(14,626 posts)The only difference is that I would say that if there were a million POC open carry march in DC we would have complete gun control tomorrow.
Amishman
(5,945 posts)I expect the most common reaction from the gun nuts in my wife's family would be something along the lines of 'good, maybe now they'll stop voting Democrat'.
DU would call most of them racist. Knowing them as I do, their intolerance is based on culture and not color. If you talk like they do and like the same things, you can be brown and accepted.
Ferryboat
(1,270 posts)When the Black Panthers took advantage of at that time laws that allowed open carry. Went right into the state capital building when in session.
PTWB
(4,131 posts)Zeitghost
(4,557 posts)The NFAC.
SYFROYH
(34,214 posts)Now you'd just be helping with sales.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Americans have at least attained equality in arming ones self.
This is now where the great restraint comes in with regard to maintaining peaceful coexistence.
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