cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/50514110

The founders’ true intent behind the right to bear arms wasn’t liberty—it was control, oppression, and the preservation of slavery.

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    1 day ago

    The 2nd was written because we just finished fighting and winning a war against a military with private arms. This idea that it was about keeping slavery going is bullshit. It was used against slaves during the civil war, but stop trying to make it into something it wasn’t to try and drive a point that the 2nd is somehow a racist idea.

    There is a reason a very large part of 2A supporters want minorities armed. Hell even the shitty NRA recently came out and said they don’t support disarming trans people.

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        I did, the article is wrong. It’s another “we need to disarm ourselves cause guns r bad”…just this one uses race to try and push that narrative.

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          Race? Funny thing is America had white slaves oh sorry indentured servants. Then when the lower class revolted they put us against each other and it’s been working ever since.

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            Pretty much every single country on the planet has had slavery. Hell places still have it, the 2nd had nothing to do with slavery. Again, this article is trying to say the 2nd is racist. It’s not, and the more minorities get armed the better, especially with this current regime of fascist.