2nd Amendment Foundation and Black community agree to joint gun march, rally
Submitted by fake consultant on Tue, 04/06/2010 - 4:43am
New York (FNS)—In an effort to help dispel concerns of racism, Terri Stocke, President of the Second Amendment March, agreed to coordinate with members of the Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and the Reverend Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/Push Coalition in an effort to encourage more members of the Black community to bear arms and to carry them publicly.
In return, members of the Black community have agreed to flood the 2nd Amendment March, scheduled for April 19, 2010, in Washington, DC, with hundreds of thousands of heavily armed residents of Chicago’s South Side and New York City’s Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods.
“We hope that the Black community understands that 2nd Amendment rights apply to all Americans” Ms. Stocke told the crowd outside Mr. Sharpton’s offices.
She went on to tell the crowd: “We have all heard the saying, “Freedom isn’t free”. Of course, that phrase means that the freedoms that we enjoy today are the result of the blood, sweat and tears of our forefathers and mothers who pressed onward in the face of great hardship — continuing to stand and fight for what they knew to be right — to create these United States that we call home. Freedom ISN’T free. It requires the willingness to remain vigilant, to take action, and to make sacrifices when necessary to ensure freedom for our children and our childrens’ children.
Now is the time to press onward to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is preserved as intended by our forefathers — not as interpreted by legislators and lawmakers who enact laws that infringe on your right to protect yourself and your loved ones.”
Ms. Stocke and the Revs. Sharpton and Jackson went on to announce their new combined program to ensure that every member of the community that could possibly qualify would be able to obtain and carry guns.
“We have said for some time that if everyone had guns, we’d all be safer” Ms. Stocke intoned to the exultant crowd, “and as of today, we at the 2nd Amendment Foundation will do everything in our power to create an environment where each and every citizen of the Harlem, Bed-Sty and South Side communities are free to carry their weapons at all times, in order to create a safer New York and a safer Chicago.”
Ms. Stocke’s website, AmmoLand.com, will also join the effort, by sponsoring the expansion of the National Shooting Sports Foundations “First Shots” program into urban environments.
“By expanding the number of armed citizens in these communities, we can stop the police from acting as tools of an oppressive Government, and provide an opportunity for these Citizens to regain control over the forces that have been Treading On Them.
Eventually we hope to spread this effort to more cities, including, Detroit, Houston, and Oakland.”
Father Dick Timoneous, interviewed in the crowd, suggested this would be just the thing the 2dn Amendment March needed: “I can just image the jubilation that will be on the faces of that all-White crowd on April 19th when tens of thousand of Black people, all heavily armed, descend on the march, proving that when everyone is armed, we’re all safer.”
The event will take place at the northeast corner of the Washington Monument grounds, April 19, 2010, from 10 AM to 4 PM, and everyone is encouraged to attend.
spread this story to your conservative friends...
...and watch the fun!
"...i feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up." --tom lehrer, january 1965
Praise The Lord and Pass The Father more Ammo?
“I can just image the jubilation that will be on the faces of that all-White crowd on April 19th when tens of thousand of Black people, all heavily armed, descend on the march, proving that when everyone is armed, we’re all safer.”* The Good Father?
No doubt The Good Father has read Mao's little Red Book on how to bring two peaceful groups together and expect Paradise to occure?
Or the Good Father was behind the Trade that bought Eagles QB McNabb to the Washington Redskins expecting Redskins fans would cool it for awhile.
you'll be seeing more of father dick timoneous...
...in future stories, and whenever a bit of wry observation backed up with a touch of absurd is required...he may well be there.
"...i feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up." --tom lehrer, january 1965
But wait!
They've also extended an invitation to these guys, too. Should be a helluva good time.
Do good. Be nice. Have fun.
hey...
...if you truly believe arming everyone makes america safer...then there ya go.
"...i feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up." --tom lehrer, january 1965
this post
This post is a forward, no?
I don't really get the joke - this satire is indistinguishable from posts that gun boys actually write up and send out every day. At a certain point absurdity becomes difficult to parody.
Here's an attempt: http://www.satnightspecial.org/
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http://twitter.com/Jerimee
Check the tags
n/t
Do good. Be nice. Have fun.
yeah that was only thing clued me in
maybe I didn't read it closely enough but aside from the tags that was the only thing that clued me in (though I would be surprised if Rev Sharpton was partnering with the violence industry)
like I said, the best satirists can't compete with what comes straight from the gun idolaters' mouths
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http://twitter.com/Jerimee
if you read enough of my satirical work...
...you will also get to know that father dick timoneous is a made up character, and when you see either him or harry paratestes in a story as a spokesman of some sort...well, that's the little "insider clue" that'll let you know.
(The Girlfriend, in traffic, invented the word "dicktimoneous" to describe drivers, and it makes a great name, too.)
"...i feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up." --tom lehrer, january 1965
i work as a sort of syndicated columnist...
...and by tonight you'll see this on 25 sites or so that i posted. it'll get spread beyond that, and if i'm lucky, it will in fact "pass over to the dark side" in a way that confuses those very tea party folks that are involved in all of this...and in fact, we've done this kind of thing before.
"...i feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up." --tom lehrer, january 1965
Didn't Malcolm X encourage
Didn't Malcolm X encourage gun clubs?
Malcolm
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/malcolm_x_ballot.html
That talk was less than a year before his death, and just a few days after his public break with the Nation of Islam and Elijah Muhhamed and just a few days before he left for a pilgrimage to Mecca, which caused significant changes in his personal philosophy and views.
Of course it should be pointed out that Malcolm has always been a controversial figure.
"Keep the Faith"
thanks for the help on this one...
...and i'll add to the story in my response to benq's comment.
"...i feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up." --tom lehrer, january 1965
a lot of people know malcolm x...
...but do not know robert williams, author of "negroes with guns", who was also active and aggressive at the time, and organizing rifle clubs...and openly challenging the klan in monroe, louisiana.
here's part one of a pbs documentary that tells his story:
"...i feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up." --tom lehrer, january 1965
A Shame it isn't True
I, for one, would love to see more Americans, regardless of skin, hair, or eye color, take advantage of their rights, to include their 2nd Amendment Right. It is a shame it isn't true, because I think the major cities would be much safer if the residents of those communities did in fact arm themselves and learn to shoot straight. We all know that local law enforcement aint get'n 'er done. One has to respect the families of bad inner city neighborhoods that deal with the rampant crime, illegal drugs, etc. that is a part of everyday life for them and their children.
oh yeah, that's a great idea
Arming more people will curtail gun violence? yikes. Here's a better idea: attack the issues that cause poverty and you'll do a helluva lot more good for society than encouraging MORE guns.
Syd
Let the 2nd Amendment stand
The 2nd Amendment is not about "arming everyone in America". That is such a ridiculous mindset. This amendment is about the R I G H T to own a weapon and to be able to protect oneself with that weapon. There is absolutely nothing in this amendment that says people have to own a weapon. Someone that doesn't want to, doesn't have to. It is not about mob violence with guns or about everyone having an arsenal in their home or about mandating people have weapons. It is about a FREEDOM to own firearms. It continues to be made out to be some kind of evil "right"..but it isn't. It is about a right..it is about freedom to be armed to protect oneself. I just absolutely do not understand the people that are so against this. I guess the "moderate" side of my personality comes out on this one.
with all respect...
...my impression of the thing is that the 2nd amendment is the last and final check and balance in the constitution.
i do truly believe that the right to form militias is something people can do to defend themselves against their government.
i know this is going to sound really "tea party", but if you consider the context of the times, we had, in fact, just formed ourselves into militias in order to overthrow the king.
i think those who advocate revolution today are stretching a foot-long dispute into something that's about a hundred miles bigger than the reality, but that said, i've always felt that the basic concept that government derives from the consent of the governed, and that that consent can be revoked, is expressed in the 2nd amedment.
"...i feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up." --tom lehrer, january 1965
Apples and Oranges, Syd
Your post is comparing Apples to Oranges, my man. "Arming more people" and "Issues that cause poverty" are just SO far apart.
If you are against gun ownership and making it "that vs. this" is ridiculous. Making it equilivant to poverty and so forth is, well...for lack of a better word...crazy.
i couldn't agree more with you here...
...and i make a similar comment below.
just to add to the commentary about the potential association of gun ownership and the presence of gun violence, consider the case of switzerland.
it is a nation where virtually every male citizen is armed--by the government--but, as you note, there is a huge effort to ensure that no one lives in poverty, and that is likely associated with the exceptionally low rate of gun crime in the country.
"...i feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up." --tom lehrer, january 1965
i would associate myself...
...with syd's thoughts here.
i don't think it's possible to "law enforce" our way out of our perceived crime problems.
matter of fact, i don't believe we have a serious crime problem in this country.
what i do think we have is a hope problem.
if a kid seriously sees a future that isn't in the street...a real future...that in itself reduces crime, and the opposite is true as well.
how about this: free college or trade schools for all might be the best anti-crime porogram there is; and the odds are we could afford a lot of education for what we're spending today on prisons.
"...i feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up." --tom lehrer, january 1965
Some data
Not sure what this means but;
This
and
Pretty grim stuff. I've lived in 9 countries and only one is awash with weapons, but I'll admit to a small sample size. In America I've found that the "gun" discussion and the "reproductive rights" discussion to be pretty powerful wedge issues.
Oh here's another stat.
Don't attack me, as I'm just sayin' :)
-b
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There cannot fail to be more kinds of things, as nature grows further disclosed. - Sir Francis Bacon
we could have a long discussion...
...about why we have the prison system we do, but to make a long story short, there are fewer people who are in for drug crimes than you might think, and there are fewer people caught up in 3 strikes than you might think.
drug crimes do factor into the equation in a big way, however, as many who acquire felony drug convictions earlier in life are convicted of other crimes later and the prior felony leads to a longer sentence than might have been meted out otherwise.
to a large extent, the prison population consists of a rotating population of people who are there for about two years or so, and who will probably return in the future.
that population has been trending to more violent over time as the number of people eligible for incarceration goes up, but available space doesn't increase as fast, and the less violent are either released earlier or not incarcerated at all.
the 800-pound gorilla in the room, however, is politics: no one ever lost an election by being "tough on crime", and it's never easy to advance proposals for more rational sentencing or "legalization" in that environment.
"...i feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up." --tom lehrer, january 1965
Good points, Fake
Sometimes things (big complicated things) can take on a life of their own. Changing their path requires deflecting their momentum, which requires will, time, energy, money. If not, as Barbara Tuchman writes in "A Distant Mirror";
-b
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There cannot fail to be more kinds of things, as nature grows further disclosed. - Sir Francis Bacon
order, given enough time...
...trends to disorder--although if we were on the "big crunch" side of the life cycle of this universe we might see things in a whole new way.
"...i feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up." --tom lehrer, january 1965