The racist roots of gun control - Democratic Underground

rl6214

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Tue Feb-22-11 08:30 PM
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The racist roots of gun control

Doing a little research came across this piece from last summer.

http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/06/29/the-racist-roots-of-gun-control-the-supreme-court-takes-one-more-step-towards-striking-down-draconian-gun-control-laws/

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provis99

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Tue Feb-22-11 08:38 PM
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1. the Klan thanks you for not wanting to take away their guns.

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Kennah

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Tue Feb-22-11 08:39 PM
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3. Groups like the Klan benefited from restrictive gun laws

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Tue Feb-22-11 08:55 PM
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lawodevolution

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Tue Feb-22-11 09:20 PM
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12. Wrong, gun control is desingned to remove the guns from one group of people while often allowing

another group to own guns. The KKK benefits from typical racist gun control that is designed to suppress or oppress gun ownership of their enemies.

This is how mubaraks gun control worked to put all the guns in the hands of people loyal to Mubarak in Egypt.

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rl6214

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Tue Feb-22-11 08:41 PM
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4. you didn't read the piece

did you?

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provis99

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Tue Feb-22-11 08:54 PM
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6. absolutely. The Klan did not have its guns taken away.

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TPaine7

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Tue Feb-22-11 08:55 PM
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8. Good point.

Terrorist, criminal organizations compete with each other to win the big MLACO (Most Law Abiding Criminal Organization) trophy and bragging rights for a year. An illegally gun totin' Klan member wouldn't last long--he would threaten their proud heritage as winners or strong contenders.

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DissedByBush

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Wed Feb-23-11 10:17 PM
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20. The Klan's guns were never in danger

Gun laws were only meant to disarm blacks so that the whites were the only ones with guns.

Luckily blacks had people like Robert Williams of Monroe, NC, who started organizing and arming them with the help of the NRA to defend against KKK raids.

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Kennah

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Tue Feb-22-11 08:38 PM
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2. I believe the term originates with Clayton Cramer in a Law Review Article

http://www.claytoncramer.com/scholarly/racistroots.htm
http://www.guncite.com/journals/index.html

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bluestateguy

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Tue Feb-22-11 08:49 PM
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5. And today it is elitist white liberals in the cities and suburbs that push gun control

They need not worry about crime in their neighborhoods.

They would like to disarm all of the minorities and poor people, making it easier to control them.

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provis99

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Tue Feb-22-11 08:55 PM
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7. yes, those Ku Klux Klan loving .liberals.

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Cant trust em

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Tue Feb-22-11 08:57 PM
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10. I love it when libearls become the dangerous "other" on this board. nt

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msongs

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Tue Feb-22-11 09:17 PM
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11. my african american gun control friends will be shocked to find they are white racist liberals nt

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lawodevolution

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Tue Feb-22-11 09:24 PM
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13. That's like talking African Americans to oppress the votes of other African americans

It's sad that they want to oppress others in the same race.

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Ken_Fish

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Tue Feb-22-11 09:41 PM
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14. No they will be shocked when the figure out they were tricked

with do nothing laws while their kids represent a massive overpopulation of prisons and jails. The drug war is real tough on the AA community.

Drug war influenced black culture, it punishes black communities, smart people at colleges and universities are teaching this in class and it is also being preached on Sundays in traditionally black churches.

But hey I bet a new law in south chicago making murder double plus ungood and guns double plus bad will fix these things, just like they have over the last 20 years...

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Glassunion

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Wed Feb-23-11 08:44 PM
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16. This

African American is not shocked to find that there are white racist Liberals. They prefer subtrufuge... At least a RW, teabagging douche bag has the balls to tell me what he thinks to my face instead of slithering behind my back, while patting me on my head telling me it's all for my own good.

Thanks for the scraps from the table...

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whoneedstickets

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Wed Feb-23-11 08:20 PM
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15. Guns are the right wing stalking horse on this forum.

And it is clear that the pro-gun crowd has a moderator on its side suppressing opposition.

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beevul

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Wed Feb-23-11 08:51 PM
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17. Uh huh.

The only thing "suppressing opposition", is its own inability to follow the rules.

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rl6214

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Wed Feb-23-11 09:19 PM
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18. WTF

Need to loosen up that tin foil a bit?

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Ken_Fish

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Wed Feb-23-11 09:28 PM
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19. Yeah his name is bill clinton. He said the AWB was a giant mistake

and gave up vast political power for nothing in return. Carry on!

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Kennah

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Thu Feb-24-11 03:49 PM
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21. I think it's the personal attacks that get suppressed

There is at times plenty of honest debate on the subject.

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