Black Man with a Gun

For whatever reason, in the public mind a black man should be a leftist, asking for quotas, regulation and gun-control. Perhaps this subtly racist thought of the Leviathan worshippers has been winning out for a while, and people are led to look at so-called "minorities" as if they were looking at incompetent guys desperately seeking help. Following this line of thought, it's easy to see how statists could create a world where a progressive élite governs, with or without the consent of the governed, for its (rather than their) own good. In other words, both white and black people have been deceived by the weirdos who pretend to act for the benefit of both.

We discussed this with Kenneth V. F. Blanchard (http://www.blackmanwithagun.net), who describes himself as a "part-time super-hero."

A few months ago, U.N. held its conference on small arms in New York City. What do you think about that?

The mission of the United Nations has nothing to do with the rights and liberties of the American people. It is one of the oxymorons of the new millennium. The fact that the UN had a conference on regulating small arms is a joke when most of the countries that participate regularly infringe on the rights of their people and actively seek to disarm them only to protect their dictatorship, socialist republic or monarchy. The principles of what the UN is supposed to be are admirable but the actuality of what it can do in world affairs is ineffective.

Some say the real goal of Kofi Annan is to disarm private citizens, within and outside the United States. What about it?

Statesman Kofi Annan is wrong about gun ownership. Privately owned guns are not a threat to free people. Thankfully, he is not president of the world. He is brilliant but without a clue about the gun issue.

According to gun-control propaganda, small arms do kill innocent people; according to gun rights activists, they save lives. What's your opinion?

Guns are mechanical devices that can be used for self-defense and for sport. Gun control has been used for centuries to control people. I believe that people that support gun control are either hypocrites or do not know the truth.

Why are the words "black man" and "gun" supposed to have nothing in common?

In American English the words "black" and "gun" are commonly used to regard something in a negative sense. I dared to challenge four hundred years of racism and stereotypes by using title "black man with a gun" to de-sensitize people to the terms. Guns scare people that have not been educated in their safe uses. People that are different also scare people. I am using the highly politically charged topic of gun control to change the conditioning, habits and culture of people. I will know when I am succeeding when people who learn about my book and website say, "What difference does it make what color you are to own a firearm."

Some say gun control was passed to disarm minorities. Is gun control racist?

I do believe that gun control is racist. Americans of color are part of the history of gun control. The indigenous people, African slaves and Chinese were forbidden to own firearms. All the laws of this new country prohibited everyone but "white" men from firearm ownership. Later it even extended to Italian immigrants in the 1920s. Black people adopted this injustice in order to survive. African American mothers became the strongest advocates against gun ownership in order to keep their sons alive and husbands from being legally put to death. Laws as early as the 1640s started the trend that has progressed into the new millennium.

You are pro-gun, thus politically incorrect; but we could also say your "body" is "politically correct" because of its color. What about being a "politically incorrect guy in a politically correct body"? And what about anti-discrimination laws?

We live in a time when political correctness is a curse. I may be considered politically incorrect because I believe in the right to keep and bear arms and I definitely go against my culture's traditions regarding freedom. The laws created to defend all Americans are not appreciated by all. Even in a country founded on freedom, we must be ever vigilant that we do not lose these rights from zealots, the greedy and the powerful. As for quotas and minorities; they are a double entendre. Quotas both help the underprivileged and hurt those that don't need it but are classified substandard because of their race.

Carlo Stagnaro's web page is www.forces.org/stagnaro and his email address is cstagnaro@libero.it.