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Rapper Ice-T defends gun rights...

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:12 pm
by The Annoyed Man
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=U5EYaW1HZhw[/youtube]

He apparently doesn't like police much, based on a brief comment that's in the video, but in general, he gets it right.

Re: Rapper Ice-T defends gun rights...

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:21 pm
by Oldgringo
Just knowin' that one of the current POTUS' brothers is on our side, I'm feelin' better already.

Re: Rapper Ice-T defends gun rights...

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:25 pm
by Beiruty
What did he mean, you can't have justice on stolen land?

Re: Rapper Ice-T defends gun rights...

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:56 pm
by barstoolguru
Beiruty wrote:What did he mean, you can't have justice on stolen land?

If someone takes over your right to freedom you can't have peace and prosper
Governments in the past took land from people and in doing so made their own laws

Re: Rapper Ice-T defends gun rights...

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:53 am
by erick619
It seems as if the interviewer is trying to demonize guns, his line of questioning linking guns and the CO shooting. He asks Ice-T at 1:09 "it make's it easier, though, doesn't it?" and he quickly replies "not really, you can strap explosives to your body - they do that all the time" with his eyes and body language saying he's absolutely correct.

Thanks for posting, TAM.

Re: Rapper Ice-T defends gun rights...

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:02 am
by carlson1
Thanks for sharing that video. :tiphat:

Re: Rapper Ice-T defends gun rights...

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:21 am
by pcernuch
and to think he was almost crucified for his song Cop Killer. He seems to have a good grasp on things if you ask me. artistic expression is just that. he was trying to make a living just like the rest of us.

god bless.

Re: Rapper Ice-T defends gun rights...

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:41 am
by RoyGBiv
Beiruty wrote:What did he mean, you can't have justice on stolen land?
The reference is from a song..

Lyrics: http://rapgenius.com/Krs-one-sound-of-d ... ote-370210" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Artist: http://rapgenius.com/artists/Krs-one" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Rapper Ice-T defends gun rights...

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:51 am
by The Annoyed Man
pcernuch wrote:and to think he was almost crucified for his song Cop Killer. He seems to have a good grasp on things if you ask me. artistic expression is just that. he was trying to make a living just like the rest of us.

god bless.
Well, he does take a very brief swipe at police in the video.....unless he was making a reference to "police state" and not just "police." I'm willing to concede that point if that's what he meant. OTH, he does have a history with "Cop Killer." His answers were spontaneous and off the cuff, and he wasn't given much of an opportunity to expound, so maybe it wasn't as smoothly delivered as they would have been if he had sat down and written the answers out in advance.

But, I DO appreciate that there is someone in popular culture who stands up for the 2nd Amendment for what it really is, and not what panty-waist liberals want it to mean.

Re: Rapper Ice-T defends gun rights...

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:15 am
by carlson1
pcernuch wrote:and to think he was almost crucified for his song Cop Killer. He seems to have a good grasp on things if you ask me. artistic expression is just that. he was trying to make a living just like the rest of us.

god bless.
Maybe? But I think everyone grows up sooner or later.

Re: Rapper Ice-T defends gun rights...

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:38 am
by LSL
Ice-T, born Tracy Marrow, lived an American dream. Broken family; marijuana, stole, pimped served in the U.S. Army and honorably discharged, self-admitted bank robber [see NPR - The Adam Carolla Show on 6 June 12].

He overcame his adversities and earned success as a musician [not my genre] and actor.

An American -- who has learned lessons that go back to the very beginning of our nation.
Perhaps it is time for more Americans to learn of our history, rather than another's weird-vision of it.

Re: Rapper Ice-T defends gun rights...

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:41 am
by jimlongley
And the interviewer portrays his shock and dismay by refusing to answer a question, stuttering, and then just silence.