Colion Noir | ||||||||||
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| Born | Collins Iyare Idehen Jr. November 27, 1983 [1] [2] | |||||||||
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| Occupation | Second Amendment rights activist | |||||||||
| Years active | 2011–present | |||||||||
| Known for | Gun rights activism | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2016–present | |||||||||
| Genre | Arms rights | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 3.16 million [3] | |||||||||
| Views | 649 million [3] | |||||||||
| Associated acts | Joe Rogan • Dave Rubin | |||||||||
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Last updated: Sept 27, 2024 | ||||||||||
Collins Iyare Idehen Jr. (born 1983/4), better known as Colion Noir, is an American gun rights activist, YouTuber, and lawyer.
Collins Iyare Idehen, Jr. was born in Houston, Texas, to immigrants from Nigeria. His father is an executive chef and his mother is a registered nurse. [4] 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 mom. [4] [2]
Idehen graduated from high school in Houston. He earned a political science degree from the University of Houston and in 2012, a J.D. degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University. [2] [5] He first became interested in firearms while a law school student. [6] [5] He interned at a small personal injury firm in Houston after law school. [6] As of 2025 [update] , Idehen is not eligible to practice in Texas due to non-payment of bar membership fees. [7]
In 2013, the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) recruited him to appear in NRA News videos. [8] Later that year, he appeared at its convention in Houston. [2] [9] 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." [6] [5] He has disagreed with those who characterize him as a token. [10]
Idehen created the alias "Colion Noir" in 2011 when he began posting videos about guns to YouTube to avoid harassment towards his family. [6] As of September 2025 [update] , he has 3.16 million subscribers. [11]
He voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, mainly over Second Amendment concerns. [10] In 2018, he considered himself "right of center." [4]
In 2016, Idehen criticized the decision in the case on the killing of Philando Castile, saying the acquittal of Yanez is "just wrong" and that "covert racism is a real thing." [5] At the same time, he disagreed with accusations of the NRA being a racist organization and blamed the mainstream media for promoting "conflict and division over race in America." [5] In response to the 2018 Parkland high school shooting, he disagreed with those advocating for stricter gun regulations, instead advocating for more good guys with guns. [10]
Media Matters for America, a media watchdog organization, has accused Idehen of promoting misinformation regarding gun policy and engaging in misogynistic rhetoric towards female journalists. [12]
