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    MajorBurnMichael Harriot
    11/13/17 9:45am

    Love that post “Y’all seein’ racism where there is none...

    ...N-word” - Dustin “Storm Roof” Hall.

    Cracker and the Nword aren’t comparable terms. Also, who’s going around calling wypipo “crackers”?

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      ambitiousMajorBurn
      11/13/17 9:51am

      Maybe Richard Pryor’s ghost. And that is a strong ass “maybe” because I don’t believe in ghosts.

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      XanderpussMajorBurn
      11/13/17 10:11am

      Well you see, there are white people... and then there are crackers. There’s a difference. I’m sure you know what I mean.

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    DolemiteMichael Harriot
    11/13/17 9:39am

    Might sell to someone else? You can go to any gun show or get on Craigslist and buy any gun you want. Or order online and have it shipped to your house, without dealing with a single human. This guy is full of it. “I can’t sell to you because I think you might break the law.” Doesn’t seem to stop them when mentally ill dishonorably discharged people walk in to buy 50 guns.

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      tehkavDolemite
      11/13/17 9:46am

      Just to be clear, we agree, but fyi you can’t order guns to your house.

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      Sigma_Since93Dolemite
      11/13/17 9:58am

      Especially given this guy is a repeat customer!

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    FauxcusedMichael Harriot
    11/13/17 10:42am

    The cognitive dissonance formed in a conservative brain when a black person wants to legally purchase a gun must be horribly uncomfortable for them. They would not be able to reconcile it:

    He wants a gun! Do not deny the right to bear arms.

    But he’s black.

    Yeah, there is that. But...the right to bear...

    Black!

    I know, I know. But if they could deny him the right the they are gonna take our guns!

    Need I remind you of his skin tone?

    Need I remind you that they are coming for our guns right this minute?

     

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      EvenBaggierTrousers5Fauxcused
      11/13/17 10:59am

      The cognitive dissonance formed in a conservative brain when a black person wants to legally purchase a gun must be horribly uncomfortable for them.

      Sorry, but I whole-heartedly disagree. I’m sure they are not in the least uncomfortable saying “Nope” to a black guy who wants a gun legally because “black.” That’s more than enough reason for them to reject the sale. To be conflicted by that would have to mean they consider a black person equal and therefore allowed to have a gun.

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      MakoyouidiotFauxcused
      11/13/17 11:38am

      This is gold

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    Li'l Bitty Maggie PieMichael Harriot
    11/13/17 9:41am

    The gun shop owner is right to be wary about how the guns will be used or re-sold, I’ll never forget that time 50 years ago that we were invaded by armed Wakandan Special Forces.

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      MajorBurnLi'l Bitty Maggie Pie
      11/13/17 10:04am

      Saw the latest trailer for Black Panther and Justice League. Black Panther looks soooo much better.

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      GromgerererMajorBurn
      11/13/17 12:58pm

      I saw that trailer before Thor this weekend, and it is impactful on the big screen. It looked cool on my phone, but 12-foot-tall HD/CG Chadwick Boseman backflipping off cars and dropping out of spaceships to whip ass is something to see.

      I’m so jazzed for that movie, it looks like it’s going to be incredible.

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    KC Complains A LotMichael Harriot
    11/13/17 10:05am

    How to Get Guns Banned Effectively;

    1.) Advertise guns to black people, have black people legally obtain firearms.

    2.) Watch as white people say “FUCK THE 2ND AMENDMENT” and immediately demand that guns be banned so our communities are no longer at risk.

    Pretty simple plan, really.

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      disco_tango_whiskeyKC Complains A Lot
      11/13/17 10:36am

      Sounds like a plan, where do I sign up?

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      Notintheface1KC Complains A Lot
      11/13/17 11:24am

      It’s how the Mulford act was created in CA...

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act

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    BigDadaCoolBreezeMichael Harriot
    11/13/17 10:42am

    The NRA should be up in arms about this!!

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      EvenBaggierTrousers5BigDadaCoolBreeze
      11/13/17 10:59am

      I’ve giving you a star because of the (intentional?) pun.

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      BigDadaCoolBreezeEvenBaggierTrousers5
      11/13/17 11:11am

      I was hoping someone would catch it lol

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    HiMyNameIsJayOnceAgainMichael Harriot
    11/13/17 11:24am

    FYI this happened in Mechanicsville VA just outside of Richmond, VA (which, if you know Mechanicsville — this story makes a lot more sense). Not in NOVA or Fairfax. Not sure how that mix up occurred.

    To put this into context Mechanicsville is somewhat diverse — there are some solidly middle class areas, and some areas with working class black people but there is also a large swath of the “poor-white-people-who-vote-against-their-own-interests” if you catch my drift. The type of white people who hate Obamacare but have insurance provided through the Affordable Care Act.

    I heard about this story a few days ago and then coincidentally drove past the shop on Saturday and the lot was full of brodozers so it kind of made me wonder if this was one of those things where white business discriminates against black person and then a bunch of Confederate Conservative Americans (Q_Q) show up to patronize the business in solidarity.

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      send_in_the_dronesHiMyNameIsJayOnceAgain
      11/13/17 11:38am

      Odd form of discrimination - Mason had bought guns there before and even had one on lay-away.

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      HiMyNameIsJayOnceAgainsend_in_the_drones
      11/13/17 11:57am

      He had bought guns there in the past but dealt with other workers not the one in the video. In fact, one of the other workers there actually recognized him as a regular customer.

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    Downton FlabbyMichael Harriot
    11/13/17 9:39am

    Or, just maybe racism is the oldest and best form of common-sense gun control.

    See also: the bi-partison Mulford Act of 1967

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      imperatorvultDownton Flabby
      11/13/17 9:41am

      And you can thank ole Rappin’ Ronnie Raygun for that one!

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      LoveHealsDownton Flabby
      11/13/17 11:46am

      Thanks for this. I didn’t know about the Mulford Act.

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    The Holy Hand GrenadeMichael Harriot
    11/13/17 10:02am

    The NAACP should start promoting a gun awareness and safe gun ownership initiative for black people, and watch Fox News & the NRA lose their shit.

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      BanestarThe Holy Hand Grenade
      11/13/17 12:53pm

      There already is something like that

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_P._Newton_Gun_Club

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    Uncle RemusMichael Harriot
    11/13/17 9:40am

    Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, VA is black-owned.

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      BlackmoonDarksunUncle Remus
      11/13/17 9:56am

      Thanks - exactly why we need that Black Business directory and article posted on Lifehacker.

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      BigDadaCoolBreezeBlackmoonDarksun
      11/13/17 12:21pm

      Come again? I need a link to this.

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