In the wake of the shooting at a black church in Charleston that took nine lives Wednesday, many calls were issued for stricter gun control in America.
But others frustrated with what the media portrays as an increase in white on black crime took the shooting as a sign to procure guns in self defense, starting the Twitter hashtag #WeWillShootBack as a means of communicating they will not be victimized by white supremacists.
Our homes and communities will become safe place because we have a right to defend them. #WeWillShootBack
— #WeWillShootBack (@SankofaBrown) June 18, 2015
#WeWillShootBack THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS FOR SELF DEFENSE
— jeremy (@SeaweedSong) June 19, 2015
We need to duplicate this!! #WeWillShootBack pic.twitter.com/mkGsiEJ6MM
— Kpears80 (@kpears80) June 18, 2015
Black people, join a gun club and find yourself a nearby firing range #WeWillShootBack
— THUG LIFE (@NelsonEmpowered) June 18, 2015
Let's stop letting them kill us. #WeWillShootBack
— JeffMan (@JeffMan_BOH) June 18, 2015
If my mother isn't safe at church, I'll will make that church safe myself. #WeWillShootBack
— #WeWillShootBack (@SankofaBrown) June 18, 2015
Churches need to be armed. Spit the heat from the pulpit Rev, but make sure you have some heat under that podium. #WeWillShootBack
— Coretta (@NappyMetanoia) June 18, 2015
If U Black In America And You Don't Have A Gun Or Intentions On Purchasing One, You Are Sleeping Way Too Hard! #WeWillShootBack
— Angela Davis (@MoodaLisa) June 19, 2015
When I attend church on Sunday, I will carry my gun with my bible. GOD HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES. #Iwillnotbeavictim. #wewillshootback
— tweetypiela (@tweetypiela) June 19, 2015
Call ahead before service this Sunday and make sure the deacons are strapped. We ALL deserve protection. #WeWillShootBack
— Doc Ock (@OckyJ83) June 19, 2015
We all have a part to play in protecting ourselves from further harassment & terrorist attacks, #WeWillShootBack
— Black Boy Fly (@BensonDude) June 19, 2015
1.) Get your gun license
2.) Purchase a firearm
3.) Arm yourselves
4.) Join the NRA
5.) Watch how nervous they get
#WeWillShootBack
— The Red Ranger (@DrTGIF) June 18, 2015
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, President Obama and Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. both issued statements blaming the Second Amendment for what took place.
Today it emerged, however, that the 21-year-old shooter actually purchased his firearm legally, overcoming the background check obstacle which leftists claim prevents criminals from buying guns.
Blacks have historically had their right to own guns suppressed. During colonization, Virginia had a race-based gun ban in place entitled “Prohibiting Negroes, slave and free, from carrying weapons including clubs.” Under the Civil War era “Slave Codes” and “Black Codes,” several states also had laws prohibiting blacks from owning firearms.
Self-defense has ALWAYS been apart of the civil rights/Freedom movement which revisionist, whitewashed history erased. #WeWillShootBack
— Erica (@_TheNegress) June 18, 2015
Unfortunately the racial powder keg has been agitated to the point that some may conflate the racist, George Soros-backed Black Lives Matter movement with the right of all people to bear arms, heeding the #WeWillShootBack meme as a call to attack whites.
From #BlackLivesMatter to #WeWillShootBack is long overdue
— Enemy Comblackant (@jpnortham) June 18, 2015
Some Twitter users felt the need to clarify this:
Nobody on this hashtag has said "shoot all random white people". We're saying in SELF DEFENSE. #WeWillShootBack
— …….. (@humbled_) June 18, 2015
#wewillshootback isn't telling blacks to get guns & attack whites; that would make us no better than them, its setting up our own protection
— Mr. ED-JUU-MA-CATION (@Sr_Gaines) June 18, 2015
With racial tensions high, it’s important to keep in mind the suspected shooter Dylann Roof has stated his ultimate intention was “to start a race war,” and that any violent reaction would merely play into his end goal.
It’s also important to note the fraudulent, colluded attempt by the media and political figures to stoke a race war by highlighting the few instances of white-on-black crime.
As reported by Paul Joseph Watson in the following video, government data does not support the idea that whites are waging a race war on black Americans.
While the motives behind their sudden call to arms may be shaky, it’s astounding in the current anti-gun atmosphere to see more people rally behind the Second Amendment and the God-given right to self defense.
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