Funny NRA ad

I usually like the funny or die videos but that one was pretty dumb and didn't even make much sense.

I suspect they were trying to portray the NRA as being for everyone having a gun including criminals.  However, why did they go so far as to say the NRA wants every young black man to have a gun?  Seems as though they're insinuating that young black men are all criminals to me.  tisk tisk

Boy did you ever miss the point.  Southern Democrats controlled freed slaves by forbidding them from owning firearms.  Clarence Thomas even referenced this in McDonald vs. Chicago.

The tisk tisk is on you sir.

OK, I'm even more confused now.  So Southern Democrats wouldn't allow freed slaves to own firearms back in the 1800's.  What does that have to do with the NRA?  Is the NRA trying to keep guns out of the hands of African Americans?

I am honestly trying to understand where the satire, humor, or irony is in this but it's escaping me.

What's the "double standard"?

The NRA has always promoted an individual's right to own a firearm.  They have always promoted the right for one to defend themselves.  Your attempt to associate them with being racist because they encourage firearm ownership for black was way off target.  The rest of your questions, you can figure out on your own.  I'm just clarifying their long-standing position.

I feel like I'm spiraling in a pit of confusion.  Please somebody save me. 

The video linked above is a satire piece made up to pretend it was the NRA.  It wasn't an NRA commercial.
My point was the video seemed to insinuate that black people were criminals, not the NRA.  I'm just trying to understand what "double standard" they were trying to point out through the use of "satire" in the video.

I'm a member of the NRA and I agree with you completely about what the NRA stands for and promotes.  I'm just trying to understand this stupid video. 

It's the NRA.  You're not expected to 'understand'.  Just go buy more GUNS! 

And shouldn't this be a "Gun Thread" item?

Yeah, sorry.. I wasn't attacking you at all.  I was annoyed at the vid's ignorance.  I confused it by adding the last sentence.  (the tisk on you part)

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After reading all the posts, I checked out the video.  Honestly, I didn't go as deep as the southern democrats in the 1800's and such.

Basically, it seemed a poorly written sketch about starting a new NRA that allows young African Americans to have guns which for some reason they imply that the NRA doesn't allow it?  OR, since NRA says they shouldn't be in the hands of criminals (which they shouldn't) and the criminals are...?

I think there were some pretty funny lines, but the sketch in all was a stretch to make any real associations (IMO).

Oh, and I think Silverman is still kind of hot...

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