Imagine Thinking ‘Soaring’ Black Gun Ownership Is A Bad Thing. Pretty Racist, Right?
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Imagine Thinking ‘Soaring’ Black Gun Ownership Is A Bad Thing. Pretty Racist, Right?

Ian Haworth

On Monday, The Hill published a piece titled, “Gun ownership among Black Americans is soaring.” The first line read, “‘In times of uncertainty people want to be able to have the means to defend themselves,’ a law professor said.”

When the outlet published the piece, they shared a link on Twitter, accompanied by an image which appeared to show an armed black militia group.

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