American gun control laws have been racist from their inception. Throughout the country’s history, racist lawmakers have imposed restrictions specifically intended to disarm Black Americans.
Not much has changed.
In 2024, racist politicians are enacting rules and laws that disproportionately hamper the ability of Black Americans to keep and bear arms. In New Jersey, this practice was recently exposed due to a disturbing but not surprising report from Bearing Arms’ John Petrolino, who found that Black New Jersey residents are being denied permits at double the rate of White residents.
According to the Attorney General’s data, there were 217 post-Bruen permit denials. Of those 217, 112 were because of N.J. 2C:58-3c (5). That provision of the law allows issuing authorities the ability to deny permit applications if they feel that it “would not be in the interest of the public…
