Joyce Carol Oates: 'Gun issue is a race issue'; NRA members are totally racist; Updated

Ah, the race card!

First the author said that guns are a “guy thing.” Now, NRA members, whom she hopes get shot, by the way, are totally racist.

Contemptible. Seek help, Joyce. And stop shooting your mouth off. Or, your fingers in this case.

Update:

Perhaps she is following in the footsteps of crackpot historian Roger Ebert?

Twitter users rightly take her to task for her repulsive playing of the race card, and for her staggering ignorance.

@JoyceCarolOates the "gun issue" was a "race issue" when initiated by Dems to keep firearms from Blacks – you should crack a history book

— ComfyPaws™ (@ComfyPaws) January 17, 2013

@JoyceCarolOates What an Ignorant statement!How many of those "White People" Have Mixed Race Family's?Your the one still hanging on to1960's

— Jimmie Musu Garcia (@AgnesphAgnes) January 17, 2013

https://twitter.com/kmgriner/status/291969210115051520

@JoyceCarolOates actually it would seem a lot of gun CONTROL also stems from racist fear of inner city blacks

— ?Hungryghoast ? (@Hungryghoast) January 17, 2013

Indeed.

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