![]() Unless you're going to tell me the cop knew for certain that he was supposed to legally have that gun when he shot him? Try again tails matter. Dont get it confused this is a police shooting. ALABAMA PHOTO GUN SERIESRather than commenting on the incident, NRA staff, social media personalities, and NRATV hosts have largely dedicated their time to tweeting about the migrant caravan seeking asylum in the United States, and pushing racist conspiracy theories about the migrants themselves.Ĭolion Noir, host of NRATV’s web series “Noir,” appears to be the only NRA social media presence speaking about the shooting, though he initially refused to comment extensively, saying he would wait until more facts were known.Īctually, I wanted to talk about guns and the second amendment. The loss of human life is a tragedy under any circumstances.”īradford’s family is calling for “equal justice,” and say they want the body cam video released to the public, which they say shows him trying to defuse the chaos, standing over one shooting victim, protecting them from the shooter.īradford has not received any kind of public support from the gun rights movement as a “good guy with a gun.” Monday morning, the NRA, which has yet to issue any statements on Bradford’s death, tweeted out a gif of LaPierre saying, “To preserve our values and protect our freedom, America needs the good guys to step up like never before.”Īre you ready to step up to preserve our values and protect our #freedom? #2A /Dt0KQidEKp Bradford of Hueytown, who was shot and killed during Hoover Police efforts to secure the scene in the seconds following the original altercation and shooting. “We extend sympathy to the family of Emantic J. Bradford brandished a gun during the seconds following the gunshots, which instantly heightened the sense of threat to approaching police officers responding to the chaotic scene,” the city of Hoover and its police department said in their statement. Officers identified Bradford and released a new statement Monday morning acknowledging the “tragedy,” but also suggested Bradford should not have drawn his gun. The actual shooter is likely still at large. Police eventually retracted their statement, after it became clear that they shot the wrong person. The initial police statement said that the officer was “heroic” in shooting Bradford and it wasn’t until days later that the rest of the story began to trickle out. was shot and killed by a Hoover police officer during a conflict in which two people were injured by gunfire. Thursday night at a Hoover, Alabama mall, 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. ![]() ALABAMA PHOTO GUN LICENSEEphemera includes two 11" x 14" heavy card-stock posters for the Confederate States Centennial Arms Show (1961 & 1965), approximately 30 of Cramners membership cards (for the Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee Gun Collectors Association), flyer for a 1963 Muzzle Loading Shoot, flyers for other gun and knife shows, four of Cranmers hunting club membership cards and his 1976 hunting license from Nebraska, banquet programs, envelopes and newspaper clippings, display cards, and a Rebel Muzzle Loaders target.A revealing album documenting Southern gun culture over four decades in the twentieth century.The NRA likes to trumpet executive vice president Wayne LaPierre’s quote “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun” so much it put the phrase on a t-shirt and sells it in the organization’s official store.īut when a Black man with Army training, who was legally allowed to carry a gun, was mistakenly shot by police after he drew his firearm following an altercation in an Alabama mall that saw another person shoot two young people, the gun rights world was largely silent. Photos include images from selected gun shows, display tables and booths (some with Confederate memorabilia and flags visible), attendees at shows and banquets, and many nicely-realized shots of specific guns. 106 photographs total (26 in color, 80 black and white) of various sizes (3.5" x 3.5", 5" x 4", 8" x 10" and some larger). A number of pages and photos annotated in legible print. ![]() Overall VG or better.32 leaves (6 blank) with photos and ephemera pasted to both rectos and versos (a few loose). Oblong (19.5" x 13") photo album/scrapbook, faux leather covers a bit dusty, ring bound with metal fasteners. The album was compiled by one Don Cranmer of Birmingham, Alabama, documenting his involvement with the association from its early days and featuring photos of the shows he attended. ![]()
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