A Word: Black Man With a Gun

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🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Gun violence kills thousands of Americans every year, and that pain is especially sharp in the nation’s Black communities. And during the last year of the Trump Administration, Black gun purchases surged. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by Kenn Blanchard, a minister and gun rights activist who has branded himself as a “Black Man with a Gun.” Blanchard shares how he reconciles his gun advocacy with his faith, and how he thinks Black gun owners can make themselves safer from police violence. Guest: Kenn Blanchard, gun rights advocate, and host of the Black Man with a Gun podcast Podcast production by Ahyiana Angel and Jasmine Ellis You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.0	This is a word a podcast from sleep.
0:38.0	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:40.0	The summer is bringing new anxieties about crime and a handful of high profile shooting has put a spotlight back on gun violence.
0:48.0	For years, many black leaders have argued that stronger gun control is part of the solution.
0:53.0	But black gun owners say that's a mistake.
0:56.0	But then control things we have in place that always always had in place.
1:00.0	They don't work on criminals because criminals don't obey the rules.
1:04.0	Gun ownership in the black community coming up on a word with me, Jason Johnson.
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1:16.0	This is a word a podcast from sleep.
1:19.0	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
1:21.0	Gun violence kills thousands of Americans every year.
1:25.0	And that pain is especially sharp in the nation's black communities.
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