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In reply to the discussion: how many of you CA residents plan to register your "assault rifles" [View all]Buzz cook
(2,642 posts)74. Yup gun control has a racist aspect and
the "well regulated militia" was often used to quell slave revolts or intimidate blacks and other minorities.
Rosewood Florida is a twentieth century example of white vigilantism, black self defense and the "militia" being used to enforce racism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood_massacre
Here's my take away from that article.
On January 8, 1923, a telegram was sent to the US Attorney General in Washington, DC, asking for an investigation; the reply stated that the federal government had no jurisdiction and referred the matter to state officials.
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Jonny Appleseed
Apr 2017
#51
Some of your responses are rather ahistorical, and deserve a fisking
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Apr 2017
#55
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Apr 2017
#52
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Apr 2017
#66