We heard this morning from Joy Behar that “once black people get guns in this country, the gun laws will change. Trust me.” As a matter of fact, gun sales spiked in the black community over the past couple of years, what with a summer of rioting and arson followed by a lockdown. If there’s one place where everyone is equal in this country, it’s at the gun range. People share the same interests, and they’re incredibly polite to each other.
A lot of people replying to Behar linked to this video. We wish we had more context, but the Instagram account from which it was taken has been pulled down. Still, we’re told this is at Calliope and Annunciation streets in New Orleans, though a lot of people say the accents are off, and it looks like people of color in this country do have guns. We suppose these were all purchased legally in Indiana and sold on the streets in Louisiana.
No shortage of guns at Calliope & Annunciation.
Source: https://t.co/C6W0iF3qd5 pic.twitter.com/w3wartx40S
— Fix New Orleans (@FixNOLA) June 6, 2022
Is this some outdoor gun show we weren’t told about? Remember just last week when CBS News’ Robert Costa made his way into the NRA annual meeting in Houston and found photographic proof that there were guns on the premises?
Inside the NRA convention in Houston, days after a mass shooting of children a few hundred miles away
@CBSNews pic.twitter.com/87P083QWZq
— Robert Costa (@costareports) May 27, 2022
Let’s get Costa down to New Orleans to this NRA convention to interview a few gun owners about why they feel the need to compensate for small pensises.
This is just blocks away from the Convention Center @NewOrleansENMCC, downtown New Orleans @dddneworleans, the cruise ship dock, @RiverwalkNOLA, and @MagazineStreet shopping.
— Fix New Orleans (@FixNOLA) June 6, 2022
https://twitter.com/ajac_4545/status/1533838024014024704
Have an eight month old daughter and we live like 6 blocks from here. I love the city but the thought of being in the wrong place at the wrong time gets stronger every day.
— Papa schlags (@schlagdaddy) June 6, 2022
I believe that constitutes brandishing a weapon in public.
— Mike (@mrjc1) June 8, 2022
I’m sure they followed all the laws to procure.
— GardenGuru (@lfastenberg) June 8, 2022
Any bets the sear pin has been modified with that extra long mag?
— Two bricks short (@didthat1x) June 8, 2022
Waving weapons around like that just speaks to the serious problem in our culture. Responsible owners of guns learned from a young age to never behave like that.
— Pelican state of mind (@Parisire) June 6, 2022
Their trigger discipline isn’t as bad as Hunter Biden’s.
So these instances of men stopping traffic to wave their guns around us very rare and is unusual, especially for that area. The image isn’t shocking to me, as I’ve seen hundreds like it. But the chance of harm to your family and life is extremely low.
— ebony + ivory (@irishman3370) June 6, 2022
Fear not. All these responsible gun owners will be turning in their weapons once the gun ban hits.
— Pre-crime High Inquisitor (@Soyz_N_the_Hood) June 7, 2022
Or the government implements that three-month, $5,000-a-gun buyback, no questions asked.
Related:
CBS News’ Robert Costa finds there are guns on display at the NRA convention in Houston this weekend https://t.co/7wkVu4SkZc
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 28, 2022
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