Laws & Rights
Anti-Gun Comedian Michael Ian Black is a Joke, Not a Joker

Oh look, Soros and Bloomberg left their prints!
You might be saying, “Michael Ian Who”? Here’s a little reminder …
Michael Ian Black used to have a career as a comedian, until it became obvious to everyone but Black that his comedy is not funny. It is, however, absolutely hilarious to watch him try to be an anti-gun pundit. Prior to this, Black’s most notable achievement was five years ago, when a shooter walked into YouTube headquarters and wounded three people before committing suicide. Here are Michael Ian Black’s Tweets on the matter:

Until the shooter turned out to be a Muslim woman. Then, all of a sudden, the politicizing stopped! Weird.
As we all know, anti-gunners are absolutely fixated on the sex, race, and religion of mass shooters … and of their victims. Some mass shootings, obviously, are more equal than others! Today, Michael Ian Black continues in his ridiculous assumptions about American gun owners and crime. He’s still not funny, but boy is it amusing to watch him flop! Today, Larry Keane from the National Shooting Sports Foundation has all the details.
COMEDIAN GETS AN EDUCATION AFTER โBAN THE SECOND AMENDMENT!โ CALL
There is nothing funny about murder and banning the Second Amendment is not a laughing matter.
Comedian Michael Ian Black didnโt wait for facts after one innocent American was killed, and several others injured, by a murderer using a handgun in an Atlanta medical facility. He wasted little time in calling for the Second Amendment to be repealed โ no ifs, ands or buts.
โRepeal the Second Amendment,โ the comedy writerย Tweeted.
That was the entire tweet. But in subsequent messages, the comedian made more of his gun control wishes known. He also got something very wrong about who owns and is lawfully buying firearms today.
โRadical Gun Controlโ
Black repeated his call for the Second Amendment to be repealed in numerous subsequent back-and-forth responses with commenters. If his goal was not explicit enough, he put it in other terms too.
โPersonally I donโt want sensible gun control. I want radical gun control,โ heย said.ย โRadicalโ would certainly describe repealing one of the countryโs most foundational rights in the Constitution. A right that is exercised by millions of law-abiding Americans every year, including in Blackโs home state of Georgia. Atlanta, in case Black is unaware,ย ranksย as one of Americaโs most dangerous cities when it comes to violent crime. The murder rate per capita in Georgiaโs largest city isย even worseย than crime-ridden Chicago. The right for law-abiding Americans to purchase and possess commonly-owned firearms includes for purposes of self-defense.
Self-defense, along with recreational shooting and hunting, are the main reasons that led more than 1,011,000 Georgians to pass an FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) verification to purchase a gun since 2020, according to NSSF adjusted survey data.
Black hasnโt mentioned what he means by โradical gun controlโ but implementing stricter limitations on law-abiding Georgians wouldnโt stop evil criminals from committing heinous acts. Local newsย reportingย revealed the murderer had previous run-ins with law enforcement, including for a domestic violence disturbance. None of those instancesย resulted in a felony convictionย that would prohibit an individual from purchasing a handgun.
A Little Comedian Education
Plenty of people hold absurd views about extreme gun control. Plenty of Americans are uninformed about who is lawfully exercising the Second Amendment. No surprise here but count Black among the uninformed.
Responding to a commenter criticizing his call for repealing the Second Amendment, Blackย said,ย โSo weird that the people most vocally supporting guns are flabby white dudes wearing dubious sunglass choices.โ
Black is not alone. Mainstream media frequently gets it wrong, often broad-stroking andย caricaturing the gun ownerย as an old, white guy stockpiling guns.
Facts tell a completely different story. Recent industry data showedย April was the 45thย month in a rowย of at least 1 million background verifications run by FBI NICS for the purchase of a firearm, and the third-highest April on record. During the two years of heightened COVID pandemic life in America, nearlyย 40 millionย firearms were legally purchased by Americans between January of 2020 and December of 2021. That included roughly 10 million first-time buyers. Approximatelyย 40 percentย of buyers during that blistering stretch were first-time buyers, and aboutย 30 percentย were women.
Black would be even more dumbfounded to learn NSSFย surveysย showed African Americans purchased firearms in 2020 at a rate of 58 percent higher than 2019. Hispanic Americans did so at a 49 percent higher rate and Asian Americans at a 43 percent higher rate, during the same period. The trend has only continued. NBC News highlighted the rise in African American gun ownership with aย reportย on the National African American Gun Ownership (NAAGA). NAAGAโs president Philip Smith said, โThereโs been an awakening.โ Smith added, โHaving a gun is OK as long as itโs done in the right way.โ
The Cutย headlinedย one article, โThe New Face of American Gun Ownership โ Black women are pushing against the (white, rural, and male) stereotype.โ They described gun-buying among African American women, writing, โIn recent years, story after story has furthered the narrative that Black women are the fastest-growing group of gun owners in the country.โ Black, the comedian, should do some research.
Pictures Worth a Thousand Words
Critics of Black who thought his comment was not only uneducated but sexist as well piled on to show their support for safe and responsible gun ownership.
The Babylon Beeโs Ashley St. Claire went beyond just replying and added a picture of herself in sunglasses holding a Modern Sporting Rifle (MSR). Those are the most popular selling semiautomatic rifles in America with more than 24.4 million in private circulation since 1990. Theyโre also increasingly the popular firearm choice for women.
โI hate being a flabby white guy with dubious sunglasses,โ St. Claireย shot back.
Amy Swearer, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation and Second Amendment supporter,ย postedย several pics in response to Black, including of her practicing at a shooting range. โSo weird that Iโm not even wearing sunglasses,โ Swearer said.
Still another women gun owner wearing eyes and ears protection and shooting at an outdoor rangeย put it simplyย for Black. โGun rights are womenโs rights!โ There were no shortage of additional of examples of women and minority gun owners clapping back at Blackโs sexist and bigoted tweet.
Michael Ian Black and his closed-minded views on gun rights and gun ownership in America today are far too common, with activists and talking heads preferring to limit rights instead of holding criminals accountable for their crimes.
The Second Amendment is colorblind and for all law-abiding Americans. Thatโs no laughing matter.
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