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Sunday, November 10, 2013

White Racists More Likely To Be Gun Owners: Study

Are gun ownership and racism linked?

Researchers have found that the more racist beliefs held by a white person, the more likely the person is to own a gun — conclusions that have rankled gun rights advocates.

A team led by Kerry O'Brien, of Monash University in Australia and The University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, examined white Americans’ negative perceptions about blacks and compared the rates of both gun ownership and opposition to gun control to discover the correlations.
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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is it racism to realize that certain races have a higher incidence of criminal activity and want to protect oneself?

If so, we're all at least a little racist.

I don't consider it racism - but factual!

Anonymous said...

So racist, murdering black thugs don't own guns? What do you call it then? We know they have guns and they are stolen.

Anonymous said...

If you're white you're considered a racist by the left...White people are discriminated against daily.

Anonymous said...

Another liberal program trying to justify taking legally owned guns for responsible white people.

Anonymous said...

This is so much BS! Only quizzing white males who are legal gun owners? When are they going to quiz all the BM's that own illegal guns about how they feel about crackers?!

What a racist, bigoted survey!

Anonymous said...

then Jesse Jackson and Reverend Al must have an arsenal .

Anonymous said...

You're stupid if you believe this one.

Anonymous said...

dumb a article. dumb a people writing this article. clueless at best.

racist? really? so i guess that's why blacks kill blacks for the most part. hmmmmmm.

Anonymous said...

I've travel around this world. I have come to the conclusion that most whites in America are racist. Deal with it.

Anonymous said...

8:36 So, you must be the one who did the survey. Travel this country one more time, this time only stopping and walking through black neighborhoods!

I won't wait for you to get back with me!

Anonymous said...

6:56 am,
I walked through a Black neighborhood this morning. It was wonderful. I'm still here.

Anonymous said...

This article is propaganda written by authors from countries that have bans for citizens. I'm black and own a legal firearm. This really isn't worth the calories I burned commenting on this trash.