Minority Gun Owners In GA ‘Conflicted’ Over Stacy Abrams

By Tom Knighton

Stacey Abrams is the most terrifying politician Georgia has seen in ages. While in the General Assembly, she appeared to be fairly centrist, easily willing to cross the aisle to work with Republicans.

Now that she’s the Democratic nominee for governor, though, she’s pivoted far to the left, especially on guns.

Oddly enough, that’s not helping her with minority gun owners who might have otherwise supported her.

Near the outskirts of Atlanta, Robert Patillo slips a round into a rifle, points his barrel toward the sky, and stares off into the distance. His hands steadied and feet planted, he yells out to the skeet range operator. Pull! An orange clay pigeon flies overhead. He squeezes the trigger. Boom! The orange pieces spiral to the ground.

The Harris County native can’t remember a time in his life without guns. He got his first rifle at age six and often hunted deer with his father and friends. Guns were always around, normal as college football, normal as a Bible on a nightstand. The black criminal defense lawyer, who owns an AR-15, still cares about gun rights. But as someone planning to vote in Georgia’s gubernatorial election, he also cares about voting rights, criminal …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms