Regarding_PRP Jennifer_NP0 Carlson_NP0 's_POS "_PUQ Five_CRD Myths_NN2 "_PUQ about_PRP guns_NN2 [_PUL Outlook_NN1 ,_PUN April_NP0 4_CRD ]_PUR :_PUN Ms._NP0 Carlson_NP0 's_POS piece_NN1 about_PRP guns_NN2 raised_VVD important_AJ0 points_NN2 ,_PUN but_CJC why_AVQ does_VDZ it_PNP gloss_VVI over_AVP the_AT0 role_NN1 of_PRF race_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 gun_NN1 debate_NN1 ,_PUN except_CJS for_PRP a_AT0 cursory_AJ0 nod_NN1 to_PRP White_AJ0 male_AJ0 conservatives_NN2 ?_SENT White_AJ0 maleness_NN1 is_VBZ relevant_AJ0 ._SENT According_VVG to_PRP the_AT0 Pew_NN1 Research_NN1 Center_NN1 ,_PUN 48_CRD percent_NN0 of_PRF White_AJ0 men_NN2 own_DT0 at_PRP least_AV0 one_CRD gun_NN1 ,_PUN compared_VVN with_PRP about_PRP a_AT0 quarter_NN1 of_PRF White_AJ0 women_NN2 and_CJC non-White_AJ0 men_NN2 and_CJC 16_CRD percent_NN0 of_PRF non-White_AJ0 women_NN2 ._SENT Given_VVN how_AVQ many_DT0 guns_NN2 are_VBB in_PRP the_AT0 population_NN1 ,_PUN this_DT0 has_VHZ to_TO0 mean_VVI White_AJ0 men_NN2 are_VBB the_AT0 dominant_AJ0 gun-buying_NN1 group_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP addition_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 terms_NN2 "_PUQ liberal_AJ0 "_PUQ and_CJC "_PUQ conservative_AJ0 "_PUQ have_VHB very_AV0 little_DT0 meaning_NN1 when_CJS it_PNP comes_VVZ to_PRP non-White_AJ0 people_NN0 ._SENT African_AJ0 Americans_NN2 are_VBB usually_AV0 described_VVN as_CJS "_PUQ liberal_AJ0 "_PUQ because_CJS they_PNP tend_VVB to_TO0 embrace_VVI a_AT0 more_AV0 aggressive_AJ0 government_NN1 role_NN1 in_PRP advancing_VVG social_AJ0 and_CJC economic_AJ0 equity_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC it_PNP does_VDZ n't_XX0 mean_VVI they_PNP embrace_VVI other_AJ0 "_PUQ liberal_AJ0 "_PUQ ideas_NN2 or_CJC even_AV0 see_VVB themselves_PNX that_DT0 way_NN1 ._SENT White_AJ0 reporters_NN2 seem_VVB to_TO0 have_VHI a_AT0 very_AV0 hard_AJ0 time_NN1 naming_VVG Whiteness_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 context_NN1 of_PRF political_AJ0 behavior_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 problem_NN1 that_CJT does_VDZ not_XX0 seem_VVI to_TO0 arise_VVI when_CJS assessing_VVG other_AJ0 groups_NN2 ._SENT Race_NN1 has_VHZ always_AV0 been_VBN a_AT0 factor_NN1 in_PRP gun_NN1 policy_NN1 in_PRP this_DT0 country_NN1 ,_PUN from_PRP regulating_VVG gun_NN1 ownership_NN1 by_PRP Native_AJ0 Americans_NN2 and_CJC African_AJ0 Americans_NN2 to_PRP exaggerated_AJ0 fears_NN2 of_PRF Black_AJ0 crime_NN1 stoked_VVN by_PRP racists_NN2 ._SENT On_PRP the_AT0 other_AJ0 hand_NN1 ,_PUN if_CJS gun_NN1 ownership_NN1 is_VBZ promoted_VVN as_PRP a_AT0 fixture_NN1 of_PRF White_NP0 ,_PUN male_AJ0 identity_NN1 (_PUL patriots_NN2 )_PUR ,_PUN then_AV0 that_CJT has_VHZ to_TO0 be_VBI acknowledged_VVN ._SENT I_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 see_VVI how_AVQ you_PNP move_VVB off_AVP the_AT0 stalemate_NN1 around_PRP gun_NN1 safety_NN1 without_PRP acknowledging_VVG that_DT0 ._SENT 
