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Yeah, that last time the US got major changes in gun laws that stuck was when the Black Panthers and some other civil rights groups started getting serious abou
by rtkwe 7y ago
Yeah, that last time the US got major changes in gun laws that stuck was when the Black Panthers and some other civil rights groups started getting serious about getting guns in the hands of southern African-Americans for self defense.
> [NRA President David] Keene points to an ugly truth about American history: Gun control has historically been used for racist purposes.
> And the NRA’s president should know: His organization was intimately involved in this history, promoting gun control laws that were tainted with racism.
See how fast law enforcement starts worrying about armed militia groups again if they start including left-wing ideology not just white supremacist/separatist credos.
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