Gun Control Fail: Majority of Blacks Love the Second Amendment
"54% of black Americans view gun ownership favorably."
7.31.2017
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On the issue of gun control and the Second Amendment, it turns out that American blacks identify more with the politics of Allen West than the limp-wristed platitudes of former President Obama.
A surprising poll from NPR reports that as of 2015, roughly 54% of black Americans view gun ownership favorably, almost doubling 2013's last number of 29%.
"In places like Detroit, more African-Americans are getting permits to carry concealed weapons," NPR reports.
Rick Ector, who trains new gun owners, welcomes the Detroit chief's change in attitude on permits. "He's the only one that I can ever recall who has been fervently in support of 'good Americans,' as he terms it, carrying firearms for personal protection," he says.
Why the slow embrace by black Americans nationally? Ector says it has everything to do with living in places with high gun restrictions.
"When you look at New Jersey, you look at New York, you look at California, D.C. and Chicago, really it's still a foreign experience," he says. "When you really look at the city of Detroit, we're kind of leading the way in terms of urban areas with law-abiding citizens carrying guns."
Along with school choice, Republicans can add gun control to their list of winning issues with black voters.
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