{"id":85386,"date":"2023-06-20T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=85386"},"modified":"2023-06-19T10:57:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T15:57:13","slug":"dreamworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=85386","title":{"rendered":"Dreamworld"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fantasy:   Group of mewling progressive soft (among other things) racists &#8220;plan&#8221; to &#8220;buy every eligible black American an AR-15&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Progressive activists concerned about gun violence are launching a campaign to drum up the support they need to pass more restrictive gun laws. The group plans to purchase an AR-15 for every eligible black American to scare Republicans into backing stricter regulations on firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve known for a long time that racist Republicans are terrified at the thought of black men owning guns,\u201d said Shelby Harris, chief operating officer of \u201cUnpull the Trigger,\u201d a non-profit anti-gun group. \u201cBy making sure every black man has a rifle, we can finally get Republicans to support universal background checks, gun buybacks, and confiscation of assault weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dubbed the \u201cScare the Racists Straight\u201d initiative, this controversial proposal is intended to get Republican politicians and their conservative constituents on board with the effort to limit gun ownership as much as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a really exciting project,\u201d said Tiffany Petit. \u201cWhen these racist rednecks see video after video of black men shooting assault weapons at the range and carrying them in public, they\u2019ll get on the phone immediately to tell their Congressperson to support more gun control pronto!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Reality:  a day at the range is more egalitarian than almost anything in modern society&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"903\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_3551-903x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85385\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_3551-903x1024.jpg 903w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_3551-265x300.jpg 265w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_3551-768x871.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_3551.jpg 941w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 903px) 100vw, 903px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;especially a DFL executive meeting of any kind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also &#8211; let the record show that &#8220;23 and Me&#8221; says I have a black ancestor in the past 6-7 generations.  Please make mine a .300 Blackout if you&#8217;d be so kind. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fantasy: Group of mewling progressive soft (among other things) racists &#8220;plan&#8221; to &#8220;buy every eligible black American an AR-15&#8221;: Reality: a day at the range is more egalitarian than almost anything in modern society&#8230; &#8230;especially a DFL executive meeting of any kind. Also &#8211; let the record show that &#8220;23 and Me&#8221; says I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebony-and-ivory","category-victim-disarmament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85401,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85386\/revisions\/85401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}