A group called 'Black Guns Matter' is teaching Black Americans how to use firearms
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Grief and rage swept the country after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in late May. His death renewed debate about racialized police violence and the disproportionate killing of Black Americans, who are up to four times likelier than white Americans to be killed by police.
"If you would like a free basic firearm safety class, you can get it right here," he told a group of passers-by, setting up a table with replica handguns. "The police, as we see, will leave. They will not come to save you. They will not save our businesses. So if you want that, I'll do that here. Anyone can come. It is completely free."
"What we do know is that when Black people do have guns, they are still shot and killed by police or by other bystanders," said Amber Goodwin, founder and executive director of the Community Justice Action Fund. "A lot of times in our community, we are a lot of our politicians, unfortunately say, don't have a gun. You don't need a gun. Well, I pushed back on that and say, that's the very thing that we do need," founder Philip Smith said.
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