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One thing the anti-freedom cultists get pissed off about is calling the gun rights movement a Civil Rights issue. They get upset at that because its true:

“The first gun laws were put into place to register black folks, to make sure that they would know who we were – that we could not defend ourselves,” Swimp said.

“I think if you look right after the Emancipation Proclamation – what was going on down in the southern states, it’s very clear that the Dixiecrats wanted to disarm black people to keep us from defending ourselves against the Klansman, who were murdering white and black Republicans to control the ballot box,” Swimp said. “So I think history is [rife] with examples. There’s a direct correlation between gun control and black people control.”

The gun control laws that banned or put restrictions on African Americans from owning firearms are documented on a timeline from 1640 to 1995 by the National Rifle Association’s Institute of Legislative Action and can be found here.

Another one here:

Parker said: “Well, I’d say they need to revisit their history – black history, black slave history, black Jim Crow history — and they should visit the histories of other tyrant nations where we had people like Hitler and Stalin and Mao. Every single time there is someone who wants to take away all other rights of the people, the first right they take away is your right to bear arms.”

“I believe that the the Congressional Black community, or the Congressional Black Caucus is absolutely out of step with black America today on this issue,” Parker said….“That right to protect one’s life and liberty is a God-given right,” Blackwell said in a statement. “It is a gift from God, not a grant from government.”

All one has to do is look at the patchwork of gun laws in this nation to see that if you live in an area with lots of minorities, you’re more likely to be restricted in your rights to keep and bear arms. Also President Obama constantly talks about “Respecting the differences between urban and rural areas”….what do you think he means by that?

Awesome!

A group of teachers in a Florida suburb are receiving free weapons training classes for free

First up, I want to know what School of Journalism School the reporter went to who wrote that line, as well as the editor who let that get published. Still this is a great thing. Even with the federal law about guns in schools still in effect, this is the best way to raise awareness of the problems. Ignorance is the biggest problem, and many teachers, staff and administrators in schools are ignorant on guns and security, and through that ignorance, support the idea that somehow a sign on the side of the school might prevent violence.

“I’ve been kind of skirting around the issue of getting a gun again and this opportunity came open,” Oak Grove (Clearwater) Middle School teacher Terri Cunningham told FOX13 News. “I decided it’s free; don’t turn down anything that’s free.”

The class, which normally costs $75, was offered with a discount because of the apparent growing interest in concealed carry permits among teachers in the wake of the Newtown shooting.

Lenny Bogdanos, who works for International Executive Protection, told FOX13 News that ,”if you’re educated and trained properly then you’re going to understand how the weapon works, you’re not going to be afraid of it and you’re going to control the weapon instead of the weapon controlling you.”

I couldn’t say it better!

Also good to see in the picture the trainers are using suppressors in the class. This is another stupid gun law that needs to be struck down. Suppressors are awesome training tools, and hardly deserve the vilification they’ve received in this country.

Just watch this stupidity:

First up the whole “Drunk Fraternity Members packing heat” argument just shows ignorance of the law. Sorry you can’t carry a gun while drunk. Period, full-stop. Its illegal. Either you think laws work or they don’t. If you’re worried about college students illegally carrying while drunk, then they’re probably illegally carrying while on campus too.

But just listen to that loud THUD as every jaw drops on the panel when he claims that rape on college campuses is rare.

Also I don’t know about other campuses, but while in my college days I read about a number of “Date Rapes” on campus that involved some very high-risk scenarios, and VERY ambiguous circumstances, there were quite a few…as Whoopie Goldberg so “Progressively” called “Rape Rape”, as in a dude ambushing a woman outside and sexually assaulting her.

I must link to Jay’s great roundup of “Progressive” Misogyny, and note the total lack of media outrage about these horrible backwards statements. Todd Akin became a national outrage when he talked about “Legitimate Rape” and Pregnancy, and rightfully so, but these people seem to be getting a free pass. It seems that when it comes to the media Party always trumps women’s rights!

Also a great read is S.E. Cupp’s take on this issue.

Colorado Democratic State Rep. Joe Salazar said on the floor of the House that I should, apparently, buy a rape whistle. Why? Because as a woman, I can’t be trusted to shoot a gun. I wouldn’t encourage any would-be attackers out there to test that theory with me.

As a man, I am perfectly comfortable for every law abiding woman being a deadly threat to any man who wishes to take physical advantage of her. What side are all these “Progressives” on?