'It's a matter of survival': the black Americans fighting for gun rights

[Eleanors38]

1. Good post. Cracks the door open to see the diversity within the armed African-American community.

The reporter took his time in identifying Brothers Against Racist Cops (well into the story), but we get some inkling of contrast between it and the New Black Panther Party, the former seeming less doctrinaire. BARC seems also to have adopted the old Panther approach of community-building and strong personal codes of conduct. (Activities of this were going on in Austin in 1970 when I arrived here.)

I had not heard of NAAGA, which may be more limited in scope, but still concerned with exercising Second Amendment freedoms. There seemed little pursuit by the reporter on the issue of black SD when it comes to more common sectarian/apolitical crime. Though some of these right-wing groups may be dangerous, if they are "pushed back" by just the presence of armed black SD forces, then this will be for the social good.