Killer Mike has announced that he’s not a fan of the new gun laws in the United States — and he believes that without safety training, they will cause more harm than good to Black men and women.
The Run The Jewels rapper stopped by TMZ Live on Wednesday (June 21) to share his thoughts with host Harvey Levin.
“The new laws affect Black people worst and first,” he said, referring to the new curfew laws in Atlanta, GA, which are meant to curtail the uptick in violence. “It’s just what it is. I’m a strong proponent of the Second Amendment. People know that. But when it comes to making laws — for instance, in New York, you can have a ‘long gun,’ meaning a rifle. An AR. A shotgun. But if you get caught transporting it to your house, you’re going to jail.”
He continued: “Where are roadblocks going to be — in Harlem, or Long Island? More than likely, they’re going to be in Harlem. So I don’t want new laws, because they’re going to affect my community first and worst. But I think there are enough laws on the books to take care of what’s already out there. Criminals are not going to follow a law anyway. For people that are law-abiding citizens, I advise us to take ‘stop the bleed’ classes, I advise — especially locally, in my community — for people to join NAAGA (National African American Gun Association). You shouldn’t have a tool that you don’t know how to use, and you should especially not have a tool that can cause harm to people without knowing what to do.”
Back in 2018, Killer Mike found himself a trending Twitter topic after a controversial interview he did with the National Rifle Association went viral. The Run The Jewels MC subsequently issued an apology on Instagram.
The veteran rapper wasn’t necessarily sorry for doing the interview. Instead, he took issue with NRATV’s timing to post part of his interview ahead of the March For Our Lives rally. In the interview, Mike voices his support for the Second Amendment while taking issue with the recent school walkout protests, something he clarifies in several Instagram videos he posted in March of that year.
“I took a move out of one of my heroes’ book, Dr. Martin Luther King … and I sat with people who I might not always agree with,” he begins. “I did an interview about Black gun ownership in this era. That interview was used a week later by NRATV to disparage a very noble campaign that I actually support.”
He continues, “I wanna say first I’m sorry guys. I’m sorry that an interview that I did about a minority, Black people in this country, and gun rights was used as a weapon against you guys. That was unfair to you and it was wrong. It disparaged the very noble work you’re doing. The work you’re doing is self-motivated, self-initiated and it’s noble. I think you should be doing this.”
stop beating around the bush and just try and ban all the guns
and what does that solve? now law-abiding citizens can’t have guns and the criminals who have illegal guns are the only ones with them. in fairyvilleland your theory works but in the real world no matter how much you want all guns gone, people will still have unregistered guns.
They need to ban heroin next! It’s everywhere! In every small town, to large cities, killing thousands and creating thousands of addicts! If we outlaw it, it will not exist!
Do you want a civil war? Because that’s how it would start. Ban all guns. Over 25 states will completely refuse. Feds descend on said states. States detain feds. Showdown. Anti good people are so stupid. If you take out 5 ghetto cities, America has some of the lowest gun crimes worldwide. It’s the ghetto thugs killing each other daily that make it seem like an issue.
Lol, Evan is popular now?!?!
How about we stop constantly trying to kill each other. Why don’t we start there.? Start with good morals or is it too late.
You right!.
Forbidding guns is the only right gun law.
OK Hitla
I’m sorry did you say “Naaga?” I didn’t know this was a thing. Can… A Naaga get a table dance?
One of the smart dumb brothers people hold in high esteem.
Do you know what a few things are that hurt black peoples now that AREN’T a new gun law that you should address Killer Mike? Cholesterol. Not exercising. Diet. Heart attacks. Stroke. High blood pressure. Diabetes. Being a weirdo hypocrite racist. Talking mad shit about white america when your whole career only took off because you matched on to a white guy. The city of Chicago in general. Flint. Los Angeles. New York. Tennis shoes companies. Cadillac. Ballmain. Gucci. Louis. Patek. The list is insurmountable.
Do you know what a few things are that hurt black peoples now that AREN’T a new gun law that you should address Killer Mike? Cholesterol. Not exercising. Diet. Heart attacks. Stroke. High blood pressure. Diabetes. Being a weirdo hypocrite racist. Talking mad shit about white america when your whole career only took off because you matched on to a white guy. The city of Chicago in general. Flint. Los Angeles. New York. Tennis shoes companies. Cadillac. Ballmain. Gucci. Louis. Patek. The list is insurmountable.
Gun laws are important; to lives, and must not be bias, systematic systemize, and unjust action toward race or culture. Training is also necessary; if properly and correctly; although the mind must be examine to determind if the individual mindset is stable, and if the individual is suicidal or have a criminal record involving any weapon or in gang associated in violence, and crime related events. The crewfew may tention, and the would blacks, and monority people than white americans. I also think cop city is a dangerous systematic triangel to create a harmful acts of injust; protester should not have been arrested for using first amendment , and four amendment rights; none of them should charged, and released without ball. Got and vote blue love; Govner kemp should not have been governor of GA. They setting blacks and monorities to harm each other, and imprision them if not using police wrong doings to harm or death to blacks and monorities, and non white americans!Done!..