Black Panthers at the state capitol in Sacramento, California, 1967
Black Panthers at the state capitol in Sacramento, California, 1967
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Pretty much every gun law we have is/was rooted in racism. The picture above is what started California's crazy gun laws. Armed blacks!? In my streets?!
Here's a gun law you'll love! In Alabama you have to apply to the county sheriff for a conceal-carry license. Told my friend, "Good thing you're a middle-aged white guy. That'll be a rubber stamp." Meanwhile, in Florida, now that we no longer need a license to carry, the state sent mine 4 years after applying. Uh, thanks, I guess?
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Yeah, the Black Panthers inadvertently spurred Reagan and the NRA to author the Mulford Act, which was (at the time) the most restrictive gun control law in the country. Yes, the same Reagan that conservatives put on a pedestal as a paragon of conservative values. Yes, the same NRA that lobbies congress to relax gun control laws in the wake of school shootings.
It’s because people realized that peaceful unarmed protests got violently busted by cops, but peaceful armed protests were politely watched from across the street. When lawmakers saw a bunch of armed black people on their front doorstep and saw the police were totally unwilling to stop them, they got really fucking sweaty really fucking fast. And so the Mulford Act was born, as an attempt to strip black people of their guns and prevent them from organizing armed protests.
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Everybody hard and wet over all these guns until they get in the hands of the marginalized.
“Oh, people using the 2nd amendment how it was meant to be used? Can’t have that, nope. Get that constitution out of my face. Fuck the constitution.” - Americans
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Commenting, as always, to say that's not how the 2A was meant to be used. That's a modern interpretation. Read it for yourself. It's clearly talking about having militias ready to fight an invading country, as was standard practice at the time. Standing professional armies were unusual, especially for newly formed small nations.
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That shotgun looks no-nonsense as fuck.
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It's a riot gun- short barrel, long magazine. I'm pretty sure it's this model, specifically
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Black Panthers. The reason republicans embraced gun control.
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...and the fucking racist GOP loser Ronnie Reagan kicked off California's gun control laws.
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This is why when everyone says "the civil rights movement was peaceful" I laugh. Yeah it was peaceful with a strong demonstrated threat of violent uprising, it would have never succeeded or have been half-assed "concessions" without Malcolm X and the black panthers.
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Most of the civil rights movements greatest successes were before Black Panthers even existed, much less gained prominence. Your broader point is correct, though. "A riot is the language of the unheard", as Dr. King said.
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There were a LOT of armed protestors who specifically hung around the unarmed protestors, or gave them shelter when they had to flee their protests. The Deacons are one good example.
See the book "This Nonviolent Stuff Will Get You Killed" for more info. A lot of the armed nonviolent movement got pushed to the side and diminished by later histories because it's inconvenient and uncomfortable for a lot of people to think of "Yes I don't wish to do violence, that's why I'm armed and train with my weapon every weekend."
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I cannot stress this enough, protest with guns. Best way to do it.
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And that's why guns are banned from federal buildings; ole Ronny didn't like black people with guns
Ronald Wilson Reagan. 666
The math checks out
I'm glad Reagan dead