Oh yeah it was. If anything I think the post reconstruction, pre-civil rights era showed us just how bad these southern race based laws on everything from gun ownership to voting to property ownership really were.
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > That was the article that Jerry sent the other day, I think. > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:05 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Jews for the preservation of firearms ownership did a good article on the > > racism inherit in gun control. I'll see if I can find it. > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:00 PM, J.J. Merrick <j...@panos.cc> wrote: > > > > > > > > It's something that is touched on in Bowling for Columbine in the > > > cartoon short that is in the middle of it... > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzo9pOXa-s > > > > > > > > > > > > I think it is part of the revisionist history that seems to be very > > > prominent in most "causes" Make the stats and the history lineup with > > > your narrative regardless of what side you are on. Left and the Right > > > do it. > > > > > > > > > On a side note I decided to watch Bowling for Columbine the other day > > > after not having seen it in 8 years or so. It amazed me that the thing > > > could have come out last week. It was 11 years ago but everything > > > seemed like it was pulled right out of yesterdays newspapers! > > > > > > -J.J. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Jerry B. had a link the other day about things Americans should know > > > about > > > > the 2nd Amendment. It contained a short bit about slavery and the 2nd > > > > Amendment. I just came across a really interesting article that seems > > to > > > be > > > > pretty well sourced talking about the discussions around the 2nd > > > Amendment > > > > and the concerns of Southern, slave-owning states. > > > > > > > > Interesting historical stuff and lots of great quotes from the likes > of > > > > George Mason. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery > > > > > > > > I'd be interested in learning more as this isn't a bit of history I > > know > > > > well. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Judah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360342 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
