Fact is, most of the older black folks (especially those who grew up in the south prior to the 1960s) don’t have a problem with guns. In fact, most of those folks share the same beliefs with respect to guns as those of us on this board. Sometimes their kids do too. The problem we as the shooting community face, regardless of race, is that the mainstream media has largely controlled the public’s perception of guns for almost anyone born after 1970.
On the subject of conspiracy theories, the specific theory discussed in this thread is rooted in South-Central LA where gunshops were very common in some of the worst areas of town as gangs were on the rise and were becoming heavily armed. I’d rather not get into a lengthy on that subject but the bottom line is, the folks who believe in these conspiracies are the same people who think crack was introduced to black neighborhoods by the CIA. Yes both theories are absolutely absurd but, part of the reason they persist is because there is circumstantial evidence to support those theories and no one has ever seriously addressed them. To complicate matters, there is such a long standing distrust of the government in the black community that just about logical response from a government official will likely be assumed to be a lie. Some might be willing to listen to BHO but, he's obviously not on OUR side and guys like me will say we know he’s lying because his lips are moving.
