Justice Thomas' Words Could Apply To The Discrimination Firearms Owners Face

"The mob I now faced carried no ropes or guns. Its weapons were smooth-tongued lies spoken into microphones and printed on the front pages of America's newpapers. It no longer sought to break the bodies of its victims. Instead, it devastated their reputations and drained away their hope. But it was a mob all the same, and its purpose – to keep the black man in his place."

-- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, from his new book, "My Grandfather's Son."

A powerful statement. His words could easily be describing the myths and falsehoods used to tarnish lawful firearms owners when they stand up for every Americans' right regarding the Second amendment. Like Justice Thomas' experience during his confirmation hearings, the same kind of shrill exaggerations regarding the "dangers" of firearm ownership and criminal misuse of a legal product are routinely found on the front pages of many major metro daily newspapers. Only in this case, the discrimination isn't over skin color, it involves the self-defense tool a law-abiding person chooses to use.