US Black folk would prefer not to have guns. But because the 2nd amendment exists, and because cops are not effective at protecting Black people, many Black folk do own guns.
Northern Ireland has only ~2 gun deaths a year. But with US style gun laws, adjusted for population it would be 250 a year.
The second amendment can be hard to defend because when things are going even moderately all right, you do not need to own a gun
When shit like this starts happening, though, it's a damn good right to have
Laura Jedeed
A Warning for America: White Nationalists 'Taking Notes' on Belfast Race Riots www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/a-warning-...
White nationalists "are watching the situation closely, taking notes, and citing those events to further their own propaganda efforts.”