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In reply to the discussion: White man with AR-15 O.K. - Black guy, well..... [View all]Flatulo
(5,005 posts)Did the black kid get his gun back, or was he arrested and forfeit of his property? What could he have been charged with, since open carry is legal in that state?
Similarly, how did the white kids make out? Did the cop call for back up, were they pinched, etc.?
I completely understand the point that the video was trying to make; the black kid is treated very differently than the white kids were. But walking down the street with assault rifles? One never knows. I'm pretty sure that if enough white kids did it, you'd get a similar reaction eventually.
When we were kids, we used to hike to the local sandpit with a .22 slung over our shoulders, and the cops would drive by and wave. But that was 45 years ago, before there was such a thing as mass shootings. Nowadays? You have to be nuts to do something like that, black or white.
I'm aware that black kids get hassled for walking down the street with a hot dog in their hands, and that every day is fraught with danger of being killed by the police. Still, I know black guys who have their LTC and regularly carry. It's their legal right and I support it.
I don't support open carry of AR type rifles. It's just stupid. Black or white.