Question of the Day: Is Open Carry Too Dangerous For African Americans?

By Robert Farago

Our Question of the Day comes from National African American Gun Association:

I am going to try to talk about something that typically we don’t hear about unless we are with close friends or at home with family. The issue is the open carry of firearms for African Americans. I want to start off by saying this is not a discussion to determine the legality of open carry. That has been determined already by federal and local state courts. African Americans can open barry just like the rest of the public. That is not the issue. The real question is should you with all the issues that might happen because you have a gun on your hip in full public view . . .

There are two basic schools of thought or comments that you hear (I will tell you which side I fall on in just a bit). One school of thought is that you are entitled to the full rights as the rest of society. If you want to carry then it is within your rights to do so without persecution or harassment. As a friend told me on one occasion, “I can do what I …Read the Rest

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