CNN: Blacks are Buying Guns Because of Trump’s Racist Supporters

By Beth Baumann

Over the last year, the National African-American Gun Association (NAAGA) has seen their membership double to 18,000 members. NAAGA attributes a large portion of their growth to the election of President Donald Trump.

“I’d be lying to you if I said Donald Trump hasn’t affected our numbers,” NAAGA President Philip Smith told CNN. “They have jumped off the roof.”

Most of the new NAAGA members joined out of fear of racist fringe groups that have sprung up since Trump took the lead in the Republican Primary. African Americans purchasing firearms out of fear and the need for self-protection.

“I think the election of Donald Trump just kind of came at a time where people have a heightened awareness of personal safety,” NAAGA member Sean Campbell explained.

CNN cites a Southern Poverty Law Center statistic saying, “There were 867 cases of hateful harassment in the U.S. in the 10 days after Election Day.”

Even though CNN wants to paint a very clear tie between the these harassment cases and the number of African-Americans who purchased guns, there’s no proof that the two have a direct correlation. Were all of these cases against African-Americans by people of another race? Were any of the new gun …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms