I want to ask a question...racism related

I think I get where you're coming from. It's one of those uncomfortable things, where we personally would be fine with something and it's hard to fathom other people having a problem. But I think it's true - if every black man started open carrying, for example, I bet laws would change really fast.

What the meme is saying is that with all these mass shootings, where a white man is almost always responsible, nothing is done. But if the shooters were black men, there would be an outcry for "something" to be done. Let every black man in America go out tomorrow to legally buy an assault weapon and watch how fast "something" will need to be done.

It's not a racist meme, it's pointing out the irony.

I wonder if it has to do with the history of gun control an black men? Here's a long story about it history

Agreed. Your politicians are blithely unconcerned about attacks by white men but brown people are to be feared so if they all suddenly armed themselves those politicians would suddenly find solutions to the gun problem in your country.

This video is funny, but sad at the same time because it absolutely does speak to a truth...



Black people with guns are treated very differently than white people with guns. Look at Philando Castile, a black man who was legally carrying a firearm, informed the officer and was shot and killed anyway. Maybe that’s an isolated case, but I still very strongly believe that black men with guns are treated very differently that white men with guns.

I don’t think the meme is offensive - I think the truth of our society that it points out is offensive.

Thank you!

It would have been so nice to have this kind of response, instead of the white privilege comment. 

I fully admit to white privilege and the fact that I am ignorant of other peoples' experiences. Tell me why I am woefully ignorant. Educate me. Don't dismiss me with a statement of "white privilege." I truly want to understand.

Why can't we just talk to one another?

I think part of the reason that you, and many other people, don't initially "see" things like this is because you are trying to apply your thoughts and personal feelings to others. And to a point I really do get that, I want to believe the best in other people too. But, it is a bit naive. Please know this isn't an insult and I wish more people would handle their confusion like you do and gather their thoughts and educate themselves instead of just blindly snapping back. Or assuming they are right and dismissing what people around them are saying.

I, too, tend to be naive about race, as it’s such a non issue for me. But I am very aware that the response to black men with guns is quite different to whites in many people’s minds.

If many black men systematically purchased these powerful killing machines it would definitely cause alarm.

And yet, after these shootings ( think Las Vegas), NRA fueled paranoia causes sales of these guns (and the kits to make them shoot faster/more ),to skyrocket, but people in power do nothing.

Wasn’t there a “social experiment” a while back wher several black men walked diwn the street with guns in an open carry jurisdiction to see the response? IIRC, they were met with multiple concerned calls to law enforcement and were stopped and questioned. A similar group of white men did not get as much attention.

Imagine four young armed black men (with legal open carry) walking into a convenience store together late at night. One, misinterpreted move could result in disaster. I mean, if trained law enforcement is going to overreact, how can you expect the minimum wage clerk not to do the same?

Yes, many whites are afraid of black men. They might not always cross the street when they see a group of young black men approaching, but I can just about guarantee their hearts beat faster and adrenaline kicks in. I have worked with a lot of college-age black men, and this is their reality.

That could be, but my first thought was black on black gang-related crime, especially in the worst crime-ridden areas, would dramatically increase in both violence and carnage since these are the groups of black men who currently own and misuse semi-automatic weapons the most.

It's just too much of a stretch for me to assume that law-abiding family men would suddenly go out enforce to buy weapons to make a statement while those gang-affiliated perpetrators would sit back and not continue to outbuy them.


I can appreciate the sentiment behind the original statement. On its face, it would create a significant disturbance indeed. It's a creative approach that is worth considering further.

I just think it's naive to the reality of what actually would happen if the push was to more heavily arm black men.


Think of what would happen if women were encouraged to go out en masse to purchase terrifying-looking semi-automatic weapons. What would happen then?

Would more women educate themselves about weapons - what they are and how to use them? Would they present themselves as less-easy targets for predation? Would they have more power to be heard by legislative bodies?

Would that be considered offensive to women, to be told to buy weapons that terrified them? And if so, why is it not considered offensive to men of color to be told the very same thing?