You Freepers are racists for wanting to prevent this from happening.
Posted on 01/06/2016 6:33:33 AM PST by Zakeet
A professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame published an op-ed in The New York Times linking lenient gun laws in America to racism.
Prof. Gary Gutting argued "permissive gun laws are a manifestation of racism" and invoked "hatred of racism" as a motivation for the gun control movement. According to Gutting, high exposure to guns in largely poor black neighborhoods along with low restrictions on gun ownership permeates a culture of racism.
Gutting, in an effort to rouse his gun control allies, posits racism as the motivational force behind a successful gun control campaign. Racism, in Gutting's argument, will give the gun control movement "the vigor and persistence needed" to overcome gun lobbyists.
"If we fail to oppose with equal passion and vigor the relentless political pressure of (mostly white) gun advocates, we force a large number of black citizens to live with the constant threat of gun violence. We're in effect letting the Second Amendment trump the Fourteenth Amendment, implicitly preferring the right of gun ownership to the right of black people to live free from fear," Gutting argues.
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You Freepers are racists for wanting to prevent this from happening.
This guy is an idiot. Many early gun and weapon prohibitions were aimed at blacks.
Professor of Philosophy...Heh
Evidently, Notre Dame’s standards for professor are not standards at all.
Exactly. The very first gun laws in the country were aimed at making sure slaves could not own guns.
It is racist when a white person does not allow a black person to rob, rape or kill him/her.
One wonders, why is it that African-Americans "live under a constant threat of gun violence," but European-Americans living under the same laws do not?
Curious.
My tire pressure in my car was low today.. you know why?? racism...
We should not smirk at this. The mere accusation of racism has been the most successful strategy in world history for de-constructing the most powerful nation, the most prosperous nation, the freest nation, in world history.
Professor needs to join ‘Assaholeics Anonymous’
The ‘standards’ consist of counting how many different colors there are
The only reason some people are still alive is that it is against the law to kill them (Mark Twain)
Most of the guns in poor Negro neighborhoods are illegally acquired and owned. Legally owned guns, if used, are used defensively. Thus it is racist to allow Negros to defend themselves with firearms. It is prima facie racist to allow non Negroes to defend themselves against Negro or Mohammedan predators. Ergo the 2Amd is racist.
why dey have ta be black tires
Ohio State should have run up the score against Notre Dame. Fools.
If he was a professor of history, he’d know that strict gun laws were the product of racism, not the other way around.
What, Chicago has low restrictions on gun ownership?
Neighboring states have too lax gun laws (yet don't have the crime Chicago has)?
Is this guy racist for insinuating blacks can't be trusted with guns?
The KKK (i.e., Democrats) were very big on keeping guns out of the hands of black people. The Democrats (i.e., the KKK) haven’t changed a bit.
Is there even ONE college professor in America who is not a flaming, ‘effin left-wing nut job?
I could never be a college student these days.
Last time I heard about him he was screaming for help on a stuck escalator.
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