Black Man With A Gun ®

As an African American man that grew up being around hunters all his life and got his first Daisy Red Ryder BB gun at the age of nine, the myths of gun control are easily dismissed.

I forget that now there are decades of people like me, that have been spoon fed lies, from talking heads, so called leaders, witnessed murder in the community and taught it was politically correct to blame the gun.

I have learned that not all men are free. Some are wards of the state, owned forever by the criminal justice system for past acts.

Many are victims of violence, wherein you will either blame the gun or say never again and began learning how to protect yourself.

Most of the twelve million people classified as African American, Black, not Hispanic are in the middle somewhere. It is in that middle ground that there is the confusion and chaos. The middle is not too sure about the gun thing and prone to listen to whomever appears to have credibility.

The conscious may have heard that gun control is based on racist origins. Others wonder if the NRA is a racist organization connected to everything that is wrong with government. Some have their doubts when they see hunters, law enforcement officers, veterans and college educated men and women of color supporting gun rights when they see them on mainstream TV.

The truth is black people shoot, collect, compete, and own legally own guns.

The truth is we are not Uncle Toms, sellouts or into violence. We are into guns because we understand it is not the gun. We are into guns because we want to keep the freedom to chose for ourselves that our ancestors bled and died for.

The truth is we are a minority within a minority, discriminated and demonized by our own kind.

Racism is a equal opportunity destroyer. I see more of it in the black community right now than where you’d expect it.

I can say that because I have seen it first hand. I have lived in this environment, the gun community since 1991. I’ve been to the private parties, the dinners, the conferences and fundraisers. I’ve observed and watched people with a critical eye and have been embarrassed to find most of the preconceived notions were mine. Even if where I was invited was to be the “token” and they were on their best behavior, I have seen worse where I wasn’t.

Anybody that will give you a gun is an ally. Anyone that wants to take it away is not.

Gun buy backs are an insult to the intelligence of anybody that does it. It is economically ignorant to trade a working firearm worth more than $500 for a gift card.

Comparing urban gun owners with criminals is wrong. Limiting magazine capacity, or certain guns because of how they look is asinine. Attacking people that don’t agree with you based on race is racist. Black people marginalize too. For some I am not radical enough and for others I am too radical.

Here’s what I know. I’ve been the grassroots go-to gun for the past 21 years. I am the NRA. I’ve worked with every group and some that are not in existence any more, but nobody knows that. Almost 80% of the cases involving a person of color and guns has come past me. It doesn’t pay. Ask my wife.

“If African Americans realized how much the gun issue is our issue, the NRA would stand for “Negro Rights Association.” – Dr. Robert Cottrol

It’s all good. If I had more to give I would. The people that listen to my podcast get it. They have been moral support during a time when I almost quit. They were who I went to see at the NRA Annual Meeting. I saw a lot of them but not as many as I wanted to.

I went for the hugs. I went to shake hands. IT was the largest gun show in the world but that is not why I went. I went to see my family.

I counted about 80,000 people on my T-1 Texas instrument scientifically calculator and abacas but read that almost 90,000 people were there.

What did you miss? You missed the acres of guns stuff. You missed the business meeting of the NRA, the parliamentary procedure, the voting, the election of a new president. You missed motivating pro-rights speeches. You missed seminars; auctions workshops where everything was big like Texas.

You missed walking past:

1. Gun owners,
2. Competition shooters,
3. Enactors,
4. Business people,
5. Preppers,
6. Models,
7. Mothers,
8. Hunters,
9. Husbands,
10. Politicians,
11. Veterans,
12. Academics,
13. Lawyers,
14. Judges,
15. Doctors,
16. Proud Americans,
17. Voters,
18. Workers,
19. Families,
20. People that pull their own weight.

And the most black people I have ever seen.

I saw my friends from the Freedoms Network.org, David Cole of Gunrightsmagazine.com, Rob Morse, Rick Ector, Mark Wilson, Ted deeds, Kathy Jackson, skip Coryell, Dr. Bob Cottrol, Nikki Turpeaux, Brittany, Cam Edwards, Colion Noir, Dave Koppel, Shari and David Forvendel, the ammoland.com and others.

Bloggers, like:

• the squirrel report crew
• John Richardson
• Michael and Jennifer Hast
• Breda,
• Weered ,
• Eric Wenthe,
• Ray from the SAF,
• Nancy,

 

Shout outs to:

Marketing gurus Matt Foster, TIm Zick and Michael Turbyfill,  Stephanie and Tanya my friends from XS sight systems, XSsights.com,  Glynn Loope of Cigar rights and Volunteers from the Armed Citizen Project, Ray and Tiffany,

 

Got a chance to get on the Cam and company show with Rick Ector, followed by Colion, it was a black exploitation weekend. Three the Hard Way

Had my own party at Sambucas, had a really good dinner with Alan Korwin, Don Moran,

             Product Review:  Brian Priebe from the Bullet bunker

 

The Long, Lingering Shadow: Slavery, Race, and Law in the American Hemisphere (Studies in the Legal History of…  Dr. Robert Cottrol

 

This podcast is sponsored by Crossbreedholsters.com a family owned Christian business that I love for taking a chance with me. I now also have NovaArmament.com, a tactical boutique in Herndon, VA.

 

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Rev. Kenn Blanchard, aka the Black Man With A Gun™ is an internationally known figure in the gun rights community since 1991. He is a former US Marine, federal police officer, intelligence officer and trainer. He produces the Urban Shooter Podcast, voice overs, motivates, inspires and writes for the Blanchard Media Group. http://twitter.com/kennblanchard, blackmanwithagun@gmail.com
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