Killer Mike Shares Full NRA Interview
Killer Mike recently participated in an interview with NRATV host and gun rights activist Colion Noir. On March 22, shortly before the March for Our Lives, the NRA shared an excerpt of the interview, in which Mike voiced his support for gun ownership and also addressed the mass walkouts conducted by students in protest of gun violence. “I told my kids on the school walkout: ‘I love you—if you walk out that school, walk out my house,’” he said.
After the video was met with criticism, Mike responded with an apology video and several statements on Twitter, writing that the video was “used in the wrong way.” Yesterday, NRATV shared the full 42-minute interview. Killer Mike pointed to it on social media, writing “I’m off the ‘whipping post,’ but for all that care about the truth, @colionnoir put the full convo about ‘African American Gun ownership’ up.” He added, “Thanks to all who kept the ‘Faith’ in me. Your words were read and love was felt. To all the mob that yelled ‘hang him.’ I will never forget y’all too.”
“We’re here to make people mad,” Killer Mike jokes at the beginning of the interview. Later, he says, “I look at the NRA as an effective lobbying group for my rights.” He continues, “If you don’t like the NRA, get a million black people to join. Go to the convention. Realize that this ain’t white people in hoods, just regular working class people like you that are probably going to be friendly and engage you. And then add your thoughts to the agenda.”
Discussing the Parkland shooting, which prompted the March for Our Lives, Colion Noir says, “This idea that because I’m a gun owner, or I’m hardcore about the Second Amendment—from that perspective—that doesn’t mean that I lack the empathy or the ability to sympathize. If anything, it’s quite the opposite. We disagree about how we both want to save these kids’ lives. Period! But, somehow, because my method doesn’t agree with your method, I’m a monster.” Mike, who calls the shooting “very tragic,” says, “Yeah, and that’s unfair.”
Mike also elaborates on his belief in the importance of the Second Amendment. “You wanna ban a gun because it looks scary,” he argues. “Handguns kill more people in America than rifles, and Coca-Cola and soda kills more people than handguns. You’re not trying to ban soda, and you’re not even smart enough to have the argument to ban handguns.” Near the end, he says, “I think that the worst thing African Americans have done in the last 60 years is marry ourselves to a political party and a political ideology.”
