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Gun control isn’t just misguided – it’s racist. That’s the argument Maj Toure, founder of Black Guns Matter, laid out in a powerful sit-down with John Stossel.
“Gun control was literally started to stop black people from having the means to defend themselves,” Toure said. From colonial-era bans on black gun ownership to modern carry licensing disparities in places like California, Toure believes the roots – and current impacts – of gun control remain discriminatory.
Black Guns Matter, his grassroots education movement, hosts free firearm safety and conflict resolution classes across America’s hardest-hit neighborhoods. Toure said the mission is simple: empower communities with knowledge and the ability to defend themselves.
“We’re going to make this demographic be the new largest gun-buying demographic in America,” he told Stossel. And it’s working. According to NSSF data cited in the interview, gun purchases among black Americans have skyrocketed in recent years.
Toure rejects claims that more guns mean more crime. Citing data and John Lott’s More Guns, Less Crime, he argued that responsibly armed citizens deter violence.
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“Rapey McNapey ain’t doing it to black communities that’s armed,” he said bluntly. He compared widespread firearm ownership to having a cell phone – something every American should carry for protection, especially vulnerable women on college campuses.
He also slammed licensing requirements as unconstitutional infringements.
“Licenses are the government selling you your rights back,” he said. Still, his classes teach people how to navigate licensing systems if needed.
Toure criticized both government overreach and misleading media narratives about gun violence, mental health, and defensive gun use. He also called out laws that disproportionately criminalize black gun owners and defended civilian ownership of everything from machine guns to so-called “ghost guns,” saying the state shouldn’t have weaponry citizens can’t access.
“I’m an American. You’re not telling me what human rights I don’t have,” he declared.
Toure, a self-described libertarian and high school dropout, concluded with a challenge to viewers: rethink everything you’ve been taught about firearms, freedom, and who benefits when citizens are disarmed.
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He is correct. Read “The Racist Roots of Gun Control,” by Clayton E. Cramer (1993).
I don’t think Toure recognizes or realizes how inner-city blacks vote apparently. Considering the recent passing of HR1, it should be apparent that all the Libs are interested in is the money. And it’s never their money it’s always someone else’s money because the rules/regulations/laws to get a suppressor remain the same… Just like getting a gun. It’s the liberal states run by the liberal cities that are preventing you from owning a gun. And being from North Philadelphia… There’s no reason in Pennsylvania you can’t have a gun so maybe it has more to do with your personal history.
hmmmmmm, what to say…… I am sooooooo tired of folks like this who have a “movement” message/claim that is just not accurate and is RACE bias inaccurate!!! I don’t care what RACE has this position it is just wrong, and the reason I say this is because we ALL “matter” and we ALL have the SAME rights, and when you bring attention to yourself and pretend to represent all (who do not share the same outlook) you just make folks upset for doing so, there is NO injustice here so just relax and follow the law(s) and be the best citizen you can be in the 21st century, quit acting like this is the 1800’s…..
i agree with this to some point but whites and asians are more prevented from getting guns!