Friday, December 5, 2014

3 Reasons Black Men Should OPEN CARRY GUNS.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/three-reasons-why-black-m_b_6245962.html

1. Openly carrying a gun legally (in an open-carry state) is a public display indicating that an individual does not have a criminal record. This alone undermines the basis behind racial profiling.

2. The epidemic of disproportionate force utilized against black men in America warrants an alternative, and legal, solution to this problem.
The deaths of unarmed black citizens continue in America, despite the fact that we're in 2014 and not 1814. While the killers of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown have been found "not guilty," cities throughout the country have admitted guilt in other fatal encounters with unarmed African-Americans. Often times, the stories of these tragedies are so horrific that one wonders why such overwhelming force is utilized against people who aren't carrying weapons.

3. The vast majority of African-American men will never commit a crime, so it's time America realizes this fact. If openly carrying a gun will help our country overcome centuries of prejudice pertaining to skin color, then it's an option that should be pursued.

Let's analyze Ferguson and racial profiling, not from the vantage point of those who claim a cigar thief deserved death, but from a novel approach. If the percentages indicate that one in three black males will have an interaction with the criminal justice system, and research shows that 1 in 15 are incarcerated, then this also means the vast majority of black males will have zero interaction with prison, crime, or anything to do with America's criminal justice system. These statistics also mean that 75 percent won't have any trouble with the law and that 14 in 15 African-Americans are NOT incarcerated.

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