Comments by "josh fritz" (@joshfritz5345) on "Mass Shooting Survivors vs NRA Members | Middle Ground" video.

  1. The BLM movement has some pretty serious flaws. Several of it's founding members are outspoken supporters of communism, and many BLM protests are followed by violent rioting and looting, if not from BLM itself, from other aligned far left organizations such as Antifa. You could name your organization 'Little Old Ladies for World Peace', but if your organization supports authoritarian idelogies and is frequently the cause (directly or not) of violence, the name doesn't change anything.
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  2. I'm on the side of all lives matter. While I do believe that the lives of black people matter too, I don't support the BLM movement. Many of the people who do have nothing but good intentions, but it's leaders have some very questionable goals and ideologies, and the protests very frequently devolve into violent looting and rioting. This is not always the fault of BLM itself, but even when it is caused by another, more extreme far left group like Antifa, BLM protests (which often start peacefully) are usually the inciting event. As far as black people being discriminated against... It varies wildly from city to city and in what way, but from what I have seen, many claims of discrimination are either factually untrue, or based on skewed data. While black and hispanic people may indeed face more challenges on average, much of this is due to socio-economic status (wealth), as well as family and cultural influence.
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  3. Over 80% of gun deaths in the US are either suicides, police shootings, or self defense. Only around 15% of gun related deaths in the US are homicides, and less than 10% of those are committed with legally owned and registered guns.
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