What's race got to do with it? A LOT.

As I described in my recent walk through the "Safest Neighborhood in the State", I mentioned that the most enjoyable part of my day was spent speaking to the many African-Americans who attended the event. I can honestly say that while we are often led to believe that minorities are nearly a block-vote against concealed carry legislation, EVERY single person of a minority race I spoke with at the 'Defense' Walk expressed interest in obtaining their personal right to self-defense. Every person but one, that is.

A reporter/photographer for CityBeat was in attendance. But judging from his extremely disapproving glare as I handed him the OFCC press release, in which we pointed out that the Supreme Court's continued ban on concealed firearms is racist in it's foundation, he didn't share the opinion of the rest of the people I talked to (including the two pro-CCW Black Panthers). And judging from his newspaper's coverage of the 'Defense' Walk, I don't think he or anyone else at the paper bothered to read it.

Related Stories:

City Beat: Your Negro Tour Guide - Guns 'N Roses At least the author admits she's writing about something she didn't even bother to attend.

City Beat: Show of Force - Gun nuts on the move in Northside Which was it?
- "But when the armed white men assembled on Florida Avenue, no police
officers were in sight."
OR
- "As the vigilantes gathered, the only visible police presence was a pair of
Kentucky cops joining them."
OR
- "Cincinnati Police officers on bicycles and
in squad cars began to follow."

Researcher: Ohio's concealed carry ban founded in racism Our original, May 3, 2003 story on this issue. "The available evidence strongly suggests that racism has been the principal engine driving the development of these [CCW bans], until quite recently."

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