Carrying guns around cops without being (at best) illegally seized without RS or (at worst) shot, QED.

I know that the plural of anecdote isn’t “data,” but I do know that this isn’t as universal as you’re making it out to be. I live in South Georgia, where the Klan still delivers fiery crosses and intimidates the black community with some regularity.

I spend a lot of weekends at a gun club range, where a lot of current and former law enforcement train and compete. It’s a great opportunity to get some one-on-one coaching time from accomplished firearms instructors in the rigours of defensive pistol use and have solid discussions on the legal implications of actually having to pull or use it.

Every time, quite a few black men show up with their guns and join in the competition to get better—some even stick around and get memberships to come back.

I’ve never once heard a whisper of anything negative about them being there or having guns, unless there was a safety violation or a teachable moment, or some other way to help them shoot better, but that’s something that the participating instructors there do to everyone.

At the very least, this group of “racist cops” in the Deep South don’t want the black community unarmed, they want gun owners to be safe and educated in their rights. It makes their job easier.

Despite what the news says, despite what you’re saying, I am living the experience of acceptance, even from the right-wing, south-Georgia, “be out of town when the sun goes down” people.

Ultimately, these are people who care more about rights than race, and in so many ways, that’s something I am ok with in this arena.

Noah is great in his stand-up. That’s part of why he was hired on there. It’s much more that he’s been given a forced perspective and the writers have just gotten worse and more polarising.