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Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics show that in states with more gun control, Blacks are hindered from defending their lives, while Whites are not.
After extracting civilian justifiable homicide data from the FBI Supplement Homicide reports for 2000-2007, there are clear inequities between Blacks and Whites in states which restrict the right of self-defense by not granting concealed carry permits to law-abiding citizens. Conversely, in right-to-carry (RTC) states–where law-abiding civilians carry concealed handguns in public–Blacks experienced above-average rates of justifiable homicide.
Brief history lesson
A previous article examined the racist history of American gun control, which reached its zenith after the Civil War via the Black Codes, enabling southern Whites to keep newly-freed Blacks in quasi-slavery. But these laws were nothing new. As early as 1640, Virginia instituted colonial support for their militia, but specifically excluded Blacks: “All persons except negroes to be provided with arms and ammunition or be fined at pleasure of the Governor and Council.” Gun control as a tool of Black oppression is an American tradition: Slaves don’t own guns.
The more things ‘change’
Since 2004, 38 states had RTC laws, with Nebraska and Kansas joining in 2007. According to U.S. Census data, Black Americans comprise 13.2% of these 40 states’ population, compared to 11.8% for the 10 non-RTC states. RTC states also have higher percentages of Whites than non-RTC states (81.7% vs. 75.9, respectively). RTC states also have much larger populations of both Blacks and Whites: 164.4% and 153.9%, respectively. This explains in part why there are more justifiable homicides in RTC states.
But the ratios of justifiable homicides by race is where the inequity appears.
The graph below displays three values. The blue line shows the percent of justifiable homicides (JH) accomplished by Blacks, compared to the total number of JH for each year. The red line shows the percent of justifiable homicides (JH) accomplished by Blacks in RTC states, and green shows the percent in non-RTC states.
After 2004, the trends separate dramatically. If population composition was the primary factor, percent of Black JH occurrences should only be about 12% more in RTC states, instead of the 80.3% in 2007.
Compare this to the same percentages for Whites (see graph below). Beginning in 2005, Whites in non-RTC states accomplished the major portion of justifiable homicides.
This becomes even more pronounced when examining only self-defense JH, where defenders protected themselves against attacks potentially inflicting grievous bodily harm or death. Nationally, Blacks accomplished 45.4% of all self-defense JH during the 2000-2007 period; Whites 49.8%. In RTC states, Blacks accomplished a greater share of these than Whites: 48.9 to 47.7. In non-RTC states, Blacks were underrepresented in this category: 38.2% vs. 54.2% for Whites. This disparity is reflected in the above graphs.
The Brady factor
In 2008, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence published their annual report card, scoring each state based upon its gun control laws. RTC states averaged a score of 9.7 (on a scale of 0-100) vs. non-RTC states’ 45.2.
According to Brady, more gun control is good, but they must explain why gun control laws in non-RTC states seem to have a disproportionate impact on Blacks’ ability to defend themselves, while these same laws appear to have no such impact on Whites.
Or is Brady just repeating history?
(Note: All data compiled into Excel workbooks, which are available to qualified professionals upon request.)
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For in-depth analysis of the issues discussed here, read Howard’s book Four Hundred Years of Gun Control: Why Isn’t It Working?, which deconstructs the gun control agenda and motivates more people to support our civil right of self-defense. Autographed copies are available from the author.
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