Colion Noir

Collins Iyare Idehen Jr. (born November 27, 1983), better known as Colion Noir, is an American gun rights activist, YouTuber, and lawyer. Colion has criticized gun control measures such gun-free zones and gun bans as being ineffective and tyrannical and has extensively criticized the killing of Philando Castile, a black concealed carry permit holder who was shot by police.

Early life Collins Iyare Idehen, Jr., more commonly known as Colion Noir, was born in Houston, Texas, to immigrants from Nigeria. His father is an executive chef and his mother is a registered nurse. As an only child, he grew up in an apartment complex in the Alief neighborhood of Houston, Texas before eventually moving to Sugar Land with his mother. He first became interested in firearms while a law school student. Later that year, he appeared at its convention in Houston. Since then, he has been described in The Guardian as the NRA's "most prominent black commentator" and in Houstonia as its "most visible black supporter." When Noir received blowback for being a black man joining the NRA, he initially expressed frustration that his race was treated as significant, but later reported feeling encouraged by supporters who welcomed the visibility of a nonwhite representative of gun owners.

Political views Noir voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, mainly over Second Amendment concerns. In 2018, he considered himself "right of center."