The ViewThe discussion about gun ownership was interesting and we discussed whether blacks should be celebrated more or detested.
Joy Behar began by reminding Sherri Shepherd, a co-host, that she was now an owner of a firearm.
Shepherd admitted she was: “Yes, I did, I bought a 9 millimeter gun,” explaining to her co-hosts that she bought it for self-protection and to keep her family safe:
During the quarantine I felt really helpless, Joy, we’re talking about depression, I felt like Jeffrey would look at me like he was so scared and I’d get these alerts in my neighborhood app about it’s going to be a march through the neighborhood and I started feeling like ‘how am I going to protect my son if something happens?’ and I went to — I got some of my girlfriends who are actresses and we all went to a gun shop in California. Only two black gun shops exist. I believe it was Redstone Firearms. Jonathan, Geneva, and Jonathan. I felt empowered once I got the gun. The lessons were helpful and I passed the test. Every other week, I visit the range with my friends. It makes me feel that I have some protection for my child in case of an emergency.
Conservatives will be proud of Shepherd’s initiative to defend herself and her family and using her 2nd Amendment gun ownership rights. But self-reliance and responsible gun ownership isn’t something that resonated with her anti-gun co-hosts.
Sunny Hostin came to Shepherd’s aid to talk about the terrible consequences gun ownership can lead to.
Hostin also blamed the rise in black gun owners to the looming threat of white supremacists:
Let me tell you that I had many black friends. They wanted me to have a gun, particularly during the pandemic. I was a former federal prosecutor, someone who saw a lot of violence at gunpoints in my career and has been to crimes scenes. The statistics are clear: Having a gun at home increases the likelihood of someone being killed by you or your family member. Also, the suicide rate in your home goes up if you own a gun. and I understand about the training, but I will say when I asked them why are you getting a gun, one said, ‘I googled civil war and 2020.’ One said, ‘it’s the propensity of certain people to initiate violence when they don’t get their way.’ And in the article that we were given, it said when you are being targeted you hear stories like Breonna Taylor and Sandra Bland and have these incidents going on around the country and ‘want to know you have a chance of survival because some people are radical.’ We have to remember that the FBI has made it clear that the white supremacy is the most persistent and lethal threat to the country and I think that is why so many black women and black people in general are now arming themselves However, I remain convinced that violence and hatred have grown to be a popular pastime because of the country’s willingness to let arms be bought and used at will.
Joy Behar attempted to keep it both ways. Admitting she was strongly for gun control, she complained that the NRA supported gun control in the1960s, “Because there was an effort to keep the guns out of the hands of African-Americans as racial tensions grew.” That’s not exactly the whole story. Behar might have meant the Mulford Act that Ronald Reagan, then the governor of California, passed in 1967. This was in response to Black Panthers members holding loaded weapons on the steps at the California State Capitol Building to intimidate legislators.
Regardless, Behar warned, “More black people get guns you’re going to see bigger gun control laws, watch!” So is she against or for gun control laws, exactly?
This isn’t the first time in recent months that the show has gone after gun owners and tied the rise in black gun ownership to white supremacy. Sunny Hostin also made this argument in July. He even said that the 2nd Amendment was meant to protect slavery.
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Below is the transcription
The View
11/12/21
JOY BEHAR – We discussed recently in Hot Topics how black women are becoming more gun owners. Sherri, you just got one of those, too.
SHERRI SHEPHERD (Yes, I did), I bought a 9 mm gun.
BEHAR: How do you know? [Crowd laughs]
SHEPHERD: Um, I’m not sure why you are laughing. During the quarantine I felt really helpless, Joy, we’re talking about depression, I felt like Jeffrey would look at me like he was so scared and I’d get these alerts in my neighborhood app about it’s going to be a march through the neighborhood and I started feeling like ‘how am I going to protect my son if something happens?’ and I went to — I got some of my girlfriends who are actresses and we all went to a gun shop in California. Only two black gun shops exist. I believe it was Redstone Firearms. Jonathan, Geneva, and Jonathan. I felt very empowered once I got the gun. The lessons were helpful and I passed the test. Every other week, I visit the range with my friends. It makes me feel that I have some protection for my child in case of an emergency.
SUNNY HOTIN: As a former federal prosecutor, someone who’s seen crime scenes, and witnessed a lot gun violence during my career, I can tell you that I have had many friends. The statistics are clear: Having a gun at home increases the likelihood of someone being killed by you or your family member. Also, the suicide rate in your own house goes up when you have guns. and I understand about the training, but I will say when I asked them why are you getting a gun, one said, ‘I googled civil war and 2020.’ One said, ‘it’s the propensity of certain people to initiate violence when they don’t get their way.’ And in the article that we were given, it said when you are being targeted you hear stories like Breonna Taylor and Sandra Bland and have these incidents going on around the country and ‘want to know you have a chance of survival because some people are radical.’ We have to remember that the FBI has made it clear that the white supremacy is the most persistent and lethal threat to the country and I think that is why so many black women and black people in general are now arming themselves However, I remain convinced that violence and hatred have grown to be a popular pastime because of the country’s willingness to let arms be bought and used at will.
JOY BEAR: Here’s some info. [ Applause ]Because I am a huge gun control advocate. In the 1960s, the NRA stood with the government in demanding stricter gun regulations. What was the reason? As racial tensions increased, there was an attempt to keep guns from African-Americans.
HOSTIN – They refused to give Dr. King a permit for concealed carry. That’s the exact same man who died from gun violence.
BEHAR: Gun control laws will get more strict as blacks acquire guns.
SHEPHERD, I can hear you. It was a feeling of helplessness for me as a single mother. When I turned to my son, he seemed scared. I realized that physically, I wasn’t able fight, or take self defense lessons.
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