AT THE INTERSECTION
It started in the summer of 2016. The back-to-back shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile brought what many saw as a groundswell around race issues in the United States. It was in this atmosphere that the #BlackLivesMatter movement began to firmly take root. But it wasn’t the only one to get started.
Maj Toure answered his cell phone from his mobile-training RV somewhere in Mississippi; he talked smoothly but with the speed and passion of an activist. The interview careened down one fully fascinating rabbit hole and then headed down another intriguing path, any sense of a quick, boring media interview long since evaporated.
Maj Toure (pronounced like "Taj") is a complex character. A product of North Philadelphia, he’s a self-described “reformed scumbag” turned rap artist turned Second Amendment champion with some ambitions to political office. He’s been a guest speaker at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference, a lightning rod for the Libertarian Party, a thorn in the side of the NRA, and a huge advocate for firearms safety in urban communities.
We don’t have to tell you that people of color are underrepresented in the firearms community, and there are even fewer who are former rappers. There are some to be sure, but traditionally this has been the realm of
