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freddyvh

(276 posts) Wed May 31, 2017, 09:13 PM May 2017

NRA lobbyist says guns are an equalizer to "the blacks.....

he really said it

Scott Meyer, a National Rifle Association lobbyist, while testifying about the need to roll back the training requirement, told the committee that guns were a great equalizer for "the blacks."

http://www.channel3000.com/news/politics/lawmakers-to-hear-input-on-ending-concealed-carry-training/523886563?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

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NRA lobbyist says guns are an equalizer to "the blacks..... (Original Post) freddyvh May 2017 OP

Yeah, ask... Else You Are Mad May 2017 #1

Oh, jeez shenmue May 2017 #2

This is a Trump thing sarah FAILIN May 2017 #3

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)

1. Yeah, ask...

Reply to freddyvh (Original post)

Wed May 31, 2017, 09:21 PM

May 2017

Philando Castile how well that works out for black people. Oh wait, even though he had a legal license and was legally carrying a gun, he was shot and killed by the police.

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

2. Oh, jeez

Reply to freddyvh (Original post)

Wed May 31, 2017, 09:23 PM

May 2017

sarah FAILIN

(2,857 posts)

3. This is a Trump thing

Reply to freddyvh (Original post)

Wed May 31, 2017, 09:37 PM

May 2017

Really.. we noticed a long time ago, he puts THE in front of everything.. the blacks..the Mexicans..the Ukraine...

Definitely no excuse, but this is what he has turned loose on us.

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