BBC: Is Gun Control Movement Too White?

By Tom Knighton

I’ve seen a lot of things through my years. I haven’t seen it all, though. Not by a long shot.

However, as I said, I’ve seen a lot. I’ve also foreseen a lot. But one thing I really should have seen coming was how, eventually, the anti-gun forces would begin to devour themselves. They’d find ways to nitpick and demand, using the usual leftist tactics of things like identity politics and other nonsense.

Well, it’s happening.

Is the new movement against gun violence that is sweeping America too white and too rich?

It’s a question hotly debated on social media as hundreds of thousands rallied on Saturday in support of the #NeverAgain campaign that emerged after 17 people were killed in a gun attack at a high school in Parkland, Florida, last month.

Protesters are being accused of hypocrisy, as some ask why they didn’t turn out for the Black Lives Matter movement, which was set up in 2013 to end police violence against black people and highlight the impact of gun violence in ethnic minority communities.

In 2016 more than 52% of murder victims (73% killed by guns) in America …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms