In what they say is an effort to "show that gun rights belong to all" members of the open carry movement will walk through the 5th Ward on Sunday -- a day after many Texans will be celebrating Juneteenth, in a predominantly African American area of Houston settled by former slaves just after the Civil War. The Facebook event claims the event will be a "canned food drive" and donations will be given to the "First Missionary Baptist Church."
The walk is being hosted by CJ Grisham, founder of Open Carry Texas, who was convicted of interfering with police duties over an incident where he was being questioned about his AR-15. The resulting conviction led to no jail time and he plans to appeal, but he was fined $2,000 and lost his concealed handgun license for 5 years. One does not need a license to open carry a long gun.
I called the 5th Ward Missionary Baptist Church which is only blocks from where the walk is poised to begin this Sunday and they had no idea about the event and assumed that I was either mistaken or contacted the wrong church -- the latter is certainly possible since I could not locate a "First Missionary Baptist Church" in the 5th Ward.
Either way the sentiment is understandable since most open carry demonstrations have been in highly visible suburban to upper-middle class parts of towns near or in major chain establishments. Even before receiving admonishment from the NRA over their "weird" behavior (that was quickly retracted) Open Carry Texas had encouraged its members to stop entering commercial business without first letting them know if their plans. This came after major setbacks as chain after chain reconfirmed their no gun policies.
This walk will certainly be a departure from other highly publicized events. It is unclear how many will march but pictures by some of those expected to attend show members mocking the area's Congressional Woman Sheila Jackson Lee are not exactly friendly to the community. One shows a man in front of her office with a sign that reads "Gun Control = Slavery Sheila Jackson Lee Supports Slavery" and caption that read "Queen Sheila ran for the hills," and another simply shows a man eating a piece of fried chicken in front of her office.
So not happy with simply terrorizing people eating in restaurants or buying lumber at Home Depot, now these assholes are trying to start a race war?
Once again I will reiterate that I really think these morons are trying to get one of their members shot so that they can martyr them and use the incident to further push their agenda.
Though to be honest I am not entirely sure how that would work.
I wonder how this guy would feel if a couple of black guys decided to show up with their assault weapons slung over their shoulders?
ReplyDeleteFor some reason I don't think that would turn out to well.
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And after their march, they'll go home to read their bibles and get all ready to hear the Lord's word in church on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteHow would they feel if a group of very brave black men came to their neighborhood locked and loaded with assault weapons. You can bet those brave men would be shot dead.
ReplyDeleteThis is not about the 2nd amendment. This is about terrorizing people and these kooks feel empowered by doing so.
Shame on them. They should all have a penile implant and then maybe they could leave their guns at home.
If those were black men they would be shot on sight and the police would probably help taking those "terrorists" out.
ReplyDeleteThe article sited above has an update. This stunt has been postponed. I can't imagine why they would chicken, I mean, back out of this rally.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness they chickened out. I live in Houston (about 15 miles from the 5th Ward) and when I read this the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. This isn't Tarrant Co. where the majority of the population is white. The people of the 5th Ward would not take to kindly to seeing a bunch of overweight fucking rednecks carrying assault rifles in their community (I know I wouldn't). This type of open carry protest would not end well - for anyone.
DeleteDo you think the people of the 5th Ward could claim 'stand your ground' if these yahoos let any bullets fly, even accidentally as they are prone to do?
DeleteNaw, I don't think so either.
You are right. They want to start a race war, just like Charles Manson. Maybe they can use him on their new logo. Sick people.
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely people to go there flaunting the very things that have caused so much grief in African American communities for decades: guns. Considering that this group is going to consist of white people entirely marching heavily armed into a black community and they fail to see how this might be a bad idea all around...What am I saying? of course they can't tell how bad an idea it is. They are that insensitive and stupid.
ReplyDeleteWonder how they'd react if the Black Panthers were waiting to greet them? Or how they'd feel if the Black Panthers came to their neighborhood in a similar manner?
Disgusting people.
M from MD
My first thoughts exactly. What if a group of heavily armed African Americans decided to stroll down one of the neighborhoods where these neanderthals live? The city should put a stop to it before it happens. My God. Can't the overt racism just stop???
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Oh, so the ARE racist! They need to give up that ruse immediately as we are seeing who these people truly are. Not that we didn't already know, but now there is more proof.
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to see this bearded jack-ass fuckwad yokel go down do south central LA with his cute little sign and try to convince a predominantly African-American community of his pitiful woes.
ReplyDeleteI hate to say it, but it appears the KKK has replaced their hoods with dark made in china sunglasses from the dollar store. They've shown their racist face and are hiding behind a church canned food drive?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't feed their food to an animal, and I'm surprised (not) the church hasn't come out with a statement saying they don't condone guns, killing, and racism.
I MUCH prefer the guns nuts message that gun control of any kind emasculates them. What a load of dorks they truly are.
ReplyDeleteI live in the Fifth Ward. People over here are already way comfortable with guns and don't need these crackers to teach them about it. I hope they postpone indefinitely because thus would not have a good ending. If the Fifth Ward residents decided to do this in River Oaks (oldest super rich white neighborhood) gun regulations would happen in 2 minutes.
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