Interesting idea ...

... that I heard on Kenn Blanchard's Urban Shooter podcast.

He interviews Miguel Gonzalez, a shooter and blogger living in Florida, about being a Hispanic in the firearms community. The comments are interesting; not to us, since we're the most tolerant folks I know, but in general.

The comment I thought was the most interesting was Miguel's insistence that we start 'playing the race card'. I know that brother Kenn thought it was interesting, too. What Miguel advocates is that whenever the media asks a firearms question, or wants to get a comment from the NRA or other firearms organization, they need to be directed to a spokesman who is a minority.

I agree.

The NRA and other like-minded organizations have an inherent obstacle in that firearms owners are depicted as racists and homophobes and general bigots. A black or hispanic (or lesbian?!) spokesperson would deny the MSM one of their biases. Good on ya, Miguel!

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