Finally! 2A movie/documentary “Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire,”

[ID-shooting]

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Just saw that. Looks cool. I thought Ice-T was against guns.
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"Try to ban the AK? I've got 10 of them stashed with a case of hand grenades!"

Ice-T

He has been pro gun since I was a young adult lol

 

[danez71]

The supposed initiation into the Bloods/Crips is to kill someone. So while Tracy was never convicted of murder, he likely committed it to become part of the gang.

Because the "supposed" initiation is to kill some one that mean he '"likely did?!?! That's really a leap.

I do agree that he wasnt one of the good guy for sure but that's a leap of speculative assumption.

I was kind of surprised to hear Ice T took a prominent role in this, since I had not known him to be an outspoken gun rights advocate

He grew up in a time and place that the police didn't protect him or his family. He was a product of his environment.


My take on him is that he doesn't believe, due to his experiences, that the police will protect and that the individual must do it them self.

You have to keep in mind that during that time the LAPD had massive racial and brutality issues going on within the dept to the point they had federal oversight for about the next 20 yrs. Just in the last week or two did the Fed oversight get lifted.


Im not advocating him or Nugent for that matter... but I think the film will be good for us.

 

[whetrock]

Some big names there. In particular Massad Ayoob stood out, for me anyhow. The man IMHO, can debate the 2A about as good as anybody I've ever listened to. He's a professional that has used firearms in his line of work in a very large capacity. That man has lived by the gun. Also Ice T could be influential towards a demographic or two, as well as Ted Nugent, but he's noted by the mainstream media as a loon, still avid listeners of hard rock, think highly of the man. I can't hold anything against him. As many laws there are on the books in regard to harvesting wildlife, it's almost a full time job keeping up with all of them. Not an excuse, but still I can't be too judgmental. We all get crossways with the law sooner or later, even the most "law abiding citizen". I really wanna see this work, I think It'll be a hit in the world of 2A documentaries.

 

[Kiln]

I'm glad Ice T is pro gun. Somebody had to balance out for that idiot "Snoop Dog" who is rabidly anti gun despite building his career on claiming to be a hardcore crip and singing about violence.

The irony is that he supported UBC because he thinks it will help keep criminals from getting guns despite having several separate charges for possession of a firearm despite being a felon. He is living proof that idiotic thugs can and will get firearms without a background check easily if they want to.

Basically his criminal history completely disproves the functionality of the universal background checks he's backing.

 

[Vector]

Because the "supposed" initiation is to kill some one that mean he '"likely did?!?! That's really a leap.

If he were a member of some suburban wannabe gang that claimed murder as an initiation right, then yes it would be a leap. However the gang Tracy was with was no such thing. Instead it is a ruthless gang that killed, raped, peddled drugs, etc.
So just as you have to take a swimming test to become a life guard, his gangs claim that murder as the requirement for membership is no leap.

Some of you may want not to believe he was/is a thug because you watch him on TV, liked his repulsive music, or now like his 2A stance.
I choose not to even give him the respect of calling him by his desired thug name.
He will always be Tracy Marrow, a thug criminal who now pretends to be something he is not, a respectable citizen.
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[r1derbike]

I didn't know that about Tracy. If true, his credibility took a severe hit on my meter.

None of us are perfect, and I hope whatever video inclusion of Tracy appears, will be in a good light.

Nuge, well, if he behaves himself and keeps his foul mouth in check, he might be received well.

I'll be one of the first in line to view this documentary on online media or PBS, as no showings are anywhere near me. PPV on some server (VUDU?) would work as well.

 

[monotonous_iterancy]

Actually, I looked up Ice-T on wikipedia, and it says that while he was a criminal, he was never actually in a gang.

Still I wonder, is he really a person we want representing us? The only reason he can legally own guns is because he didn't get caught.

 

[Vector]

Actually, I looked up Ice-T on wikipedia, and it says that while he was a criminal, he was never actually in a gang.

Still I wonder, is he really a person we want representing us? The only reason he can legally own guns is because he didn't get caught.

No personal offense, but while it is good to do research on things you are unfamiliar with, using wiki was your first mistake. Sure it is one of the first things that pops up on a search, but it's unreliable for accurate and unbiased information.

Whenever I see wiki as a source, it is automatically discounted it as reliable. Heck even my sons school will not allow wiki as source material, and for good reason.

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[danez71]

Mini Biography.

The legendary gangsta hip-hop emcee Ice-T was born Tracy Marrow on February 16, 1958, in Newark, New Jersey. He moved to Los Angeles, California, to live with his paternal aunt after the death of his father while he was in the sixth grade; his mother had died earlier when he was in the third grade. His aunt lived in the South Los Angeles district of Crenshaw, colloquially referred to as South Central. He became immersed in the street life of the inner-city and eventually became a member of the West Side Rollin 30s Original Harlem Crips.

In 1979, Marrow joined the Army after leaving Crenshaw High School., but his 4-year hitch was enough for him, as he was a leader, not a follower. "I didn't like total submission to a leader other than myself," he said. After ETSing from the Army in 1983, he returned to South Central with the intention of becoming a hip-hop musician. More than music, his life got caught up in street life as a jewel thief and as a pimp. (His nomme de guerre, Ice T, is an homage to the fabled pimp and raconteur Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck). He committed himself totally to his music after a 1985 car crash.

Served in the U.S. Army Rangers (1979-1981)

He joined the Army and turned his life around after he got out and was in a car accident.

In regards to the "I didn't like total submission to a leader other than myself".... Sounds like a libertarian.