‘No More Black Targets’ Movement Aims to Pull Targets From Gun Ranges

By Jenn Jacques

File this one under R for ridiculous.

A new movement has emerged from the throngs of social justice warriors that aims to remove black targets from gun ranges across America. Why? Not because the contrast of black and white on a paper target is easy for shooters to decipher, but because it’s racist.

According to the No More Black Targets website, paper targets featuring a black silhouette of a person make shooters fire their weapons at them:

Young black men are 3X more likely to be shot by trained shooters than their white peers. A disturbing potential correlation: The most popular target for shooters to learn to use their firearm is a black silhouette. Unconscious bias can be deadly.

“In our study we found two main things: First, people were quicker to shoot black targets with a gun, relative to white targets with a gun. And … people were more trigger-happy when shooting black targets compared to shooting white targets.”

That is, shooters weren’t just faster to fire at black targets; they were also more likely to fire at a black target. This petition seeks to eliminate the use of the most popular target for shooters to learn to use their firearm: a menacing …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms