{"id":289,"date":"2022-09-28T17:12:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=289"},"modified":"2022-09-28T17:12:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:12:33","slug":"black-rights-groups-armed-2a-unity-walk-in-austin-demands-reparations-attacks-illegal-immigration-open-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"Black Rights Group&#8217;s Armed 2A &#8216;Unity Walk&#8217; in Austin Demands Reparations, Attacks Illegal Immigration, Open Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VIDEO THREAD: Today activists with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EGPGunClub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EGPGunClub<\/a> held an armed, Black \u201cSecond Amendment Unity Walk\u201d in Austin, Texas, where they also had demands including reparations for descendants of enslaved people and a hate crime bill protecting Black Americans.<\/p>\n<p>(Filmed by me <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/N2Sreports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@N2Sreports<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KQeiYFfjE5\">pic.twitter.com\/KQeiYFfjE5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFischer\/status\/1573824028229472256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A group of black gun owners with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EGPGunClub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1awozwy r-18jsvk2 r-6koalj r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-b88u0q r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-1udh08x r-1ddef8g r-3s2u2q r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 css-1hf3ou5 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Elmer \u2018Geronimo\u2019 Pratt Pistol &amp; Rifle Gun Club <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>marched in a \u201cSecond Amendment Unity Walk\u201d in Austin, Texas Saturday, calling attention to illegal immigration and demanding reparations.<\/p>\n<p>They also attacked the Biden administration for, as they said, pandering to Asians after hate crime killings in Atlanta, but ignoring the killing of blacks in Buffalo by an avowed white supremacist.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_532157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-532157\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-532157\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rep-now.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rep-now.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rep-now-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rep-now-700x326.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rep-now-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rep-now-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rep-now-696x324.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rep-now-560x261.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-532157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Twitter (EGP Gun Club)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police led the march featuring scores of participants, many of whom open carried handguns and long guns. They chanted against illegals and demanded Biden \u201cclose the border.\u201d They also demanded a hate crime bill to protect blacks from white supremacists.<\/p>\n<p>According to the group\u2019s leader, \u201cGeneral E.\u201d this is their third year doing this \u201cUnity Walk\u201d and they claimed successes from both the first year\u2019s campaign against no-knock warrants and the second year\u2019s march drawing attention to a man supposedly held eight years without a trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to start holding these politicians accountable,\u201d General E. said. \u201cOur vote isn\u2019t something they can take advantage of anymore. Historically, black people have always voted Democrat for the last sixty years. We\u2019re not going to give our vote away for free any more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11251579\/Heavily-armed-black-rights-groups-march-Austin-demanding-Biden-close-border.html\"><em>The UK Daily Mail<\/em><\/a> carried the story . . .<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Armed activists with a coalition of black self-defense groups marched in Austin,\u00a0<a id=\"mol-e08ae630-3dce-11ed-a77f-4d9dfc15864b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/texas\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a>\u00a0over the weekend calling for an end to\u00a0illegal immigration and demanding that President Biden close the borders.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Some of the activists chanted \u2018close the borders\u2019 and \u2018take your a** home\u2019 as they marched toward the Texas\u00a0<a id=\"mol-e088c350-3dce-11ed-a77f-4d9dfc15864b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/capitol-hill\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capitol<\/a>\u00a0in the \u2018Second Amendment Unity Walk\u2019 on Saturday.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The march was led by The Elmer \u2018Geronimo\u2019 Pratt Pistol &amp; Rifle Gun Club. Their demands also included reparations for descendants of enslaved people and a hate\u00a0<a id=\"mol-e09c4b50-3dce-11ed-a77f-4d9dfc15864b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/crime\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crime<\/a>\u00a0bill protecting Black Americans.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The group faced opposition from a handful of Trump supporters and other protesters gathered at the Texas State Capitol to support\u00a0<a id=\"mol-e08c45c0-3dce-11ed-a77f-4d9dfc15864b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/january-6\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 6<\/a>\u00a0defendants.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Saturday\u2019s march comes after Texas Gov. Abbott and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey sent thousands of migrants by bus to Washington, D.C., New York City, and Chicago, Illinois \u2013 all three sanctuary cities that have pledged not to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The gun-toting march gained the attention of some in the mainstream media who had previously sensationalized law-abiding Americans marching and protesting while armed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When the Black Second Amendment march arrived at the Texas State Capitol, others were there.<\/p>\n<p>The group did not take kindly to attendees from a rally for January 6 defendants (some of whom were argumentative, but others who were trying to welcome them) beginning to talk to them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cMDbLuN6K3\">pic.twitter.com\/cMDbLuN6K3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFischer\/status\/1573834362549936134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>General E. and his followers didn\u2019t make friends with supporters of January 6th protesters who have been jailed by the Biden Administration. In fact, the Unity March people described the January 6th people as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFischer\/status\/1573845219241594880\">White privilege at its finest.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And in case anyone thought the group\u2019s criticism of Biden\u2019s open borders and the open display of firearms meant support for Republicans, a speaker for the group said . . .<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u2018Republicans, do not dare to make the mistake of thinking you will get our vote just because we believe in exercising our Second Amendment.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u2018Yes, I\u2019m talking to you Ted Cruz and Governor Abbott.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u2018Don\u2019t think we are standing with you because we are against illegal immigration.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As the Daily Mail reports, the group plans to return to the Texas state house next year to lobby for legislation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/black-rights-groups-armed-2a-unity-walk-in-austin-demands-reparations-attacks-illegal-immigration-open-borders\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 VIDEO THREAD: Today activists with @EGPGunClub held an armed, Black \u201cSecond Amendment Unity Walk\u201d in Austin, Texas, where they also had demands including reparations for descendants of enslaved people and a hate crime bill protecting Black Americans. 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