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  2. Gun violence in the United States - Wikipedia

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    African-Americans, who were only 13% of the U.S. population in 2010, were 55% of the victims of gun homicide. In 2017 African-American males aged 15 to 34 years were the most frequent victims of firearm homicide in the United States with a 81 deaths per 100,000 population.

  3. National African American Gun Association - Wikipedia

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    The National African American Gun Association (NAAGA) is an organization that promotes gun rights among African-Americans in the United States. It has over 45,000 members, [1] more than 75 chapters in the United States, and has grown significantly in reaction to Black deaths. The organization was founded by Phillip Smith in 2015.

  4. Race and crime in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Including homicide victims in 2019 where the race was unknown, 53.7% were black or African-American, 41.6% were white, 3% were of other races, and 1.7% were of unknown races. [49] [50] The per-capita offending rate for African-Americans was roughly eight times higher than that of whites, and their victim rate was similar. About half of ...

  5. Black gun ownership rises after pandemic and protests - AOL

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    An uptick in Black gun ownership has followed the coronavirus pandemic and the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, reports Politico. Phillip Smith, the president of the National ...

  6. A new wave of first-time gun owners are rushing to buy ... - AOL

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    This increased interest in firearms delights Philip Smith, who started the National African American Gun Association in 2015. A human resources executive in Atlanta, Smith said he owns “about 30 ...

  7. Black Guns Matter - Wikipedia

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    Black Guns Matter is an organization aimed at educating African Americans about gun culture in the United States, primarily around defending Second Amendment rights. [1] The organization is led by Maj Toure , who founded it in 2016. [ 2 ]

  8. Faced with rising crime and social upheaval, more Black ... - AOL

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    CHICAGO — Moments after firing a gun for the first time, Alicea Burton proudly displayed the result of her marksmanship: a human silhouette target perforated with more than two dozen 9 mm holes.

  9. HuffPost looked at how killers got their guns for the 10 deadliest mass shootings over the past 10 years. To come up with the list, we used Mother Jones’ database, which defines mass shootings as “indiscriminate rampages in public places” that kill three or more people.