Headline: Forming a Black Firearms Movement in Today’s Climate

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On a May afternoon at the “Solutionary License to Carry Drive” at the Philadelphia Firearms Academy, men and women filed inside, where they walked through a gun license application process and paid a $35 fee across the street at the official licensing center. Enrollees listened in on panels discussing gun safety, conflict resolution and more.

It was the pilot program of a movement spearheaded by activist Maj Toure called “Black Guns Matter,” which kicked off a planned 13-city tour, with similar events in cities like Baltimore and Chicago with high rates of gun violence, where he feels gun training could make a difference.

EBONY.com grabbed a word with Toure, 29, to get his views on the movement, gun owners’ rights, Black Lives Matter, and some of the recent events that have transpired between police and the Black community.

Click here to read the entire interview.