Racist History of Gun Control in America

[Ridge Walker]

When does the truth and real history matter again? When we spread the truth and history ourselves. Here is a start.

The Racist Origin of America’s Gun Control Laws

Gun control laws may not in theory be inherently racist, but they have consistently served racist goals throughout American history. by Thomas R. Eddlem

thenewamerican.com

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[hawmanai]

Black Panthers arming up caused 1968 Gun Control Act

https://www.history.com/news/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act


http://www.mtv.com/news/2900230/the-really-really-racist-history-of-gun-control-in-america/

Wounded Knee Massacre was caused by First Federal gun confiscation and shows what Federal Government will do to un-armed People.
https://ammo.com/articles/wounded-knee-massacre-native-american-gun-confiscation-forgotten-history

 

[Ridge Walker]

Yep. It was that May 2, 1967, demonstration that started us down the 'modern' road of 2A infringement and ultimately changed the NRA.

A group of Black Panthers took to the steps of the California Legislature carrying revolvers, shotguns, and pistols and reading a statement saying, "The time has come for black people to arm themselves against this terror before it is too late." It was to become a watershed event.

Less than 2 months later, in a direct response, Gov. Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford Act. It was the 1st of it's kind and model for the nation's laws that banned open carry. Shortly after Mulford, the Gun Control Act of 1968 required gun sellers to have a federal license. It banned the sale of some guns, and was partialy supported by the National Rifle Association. BTW at the time the NRA also was claiming there was no need for concealed weapons.

NRA leadership was really kind of ambivalent about the GCA of 1968. Supporting some parts of law, i.e. limits on 'Mail-Order Guns and the ban of 'Saturday Night Specials', but opposed other provisions as unduly restrictive to "Law Abiding Citizens".

Those views were amplified by 1975 when a shism began to form because former NRA President, and Director of NRA's lobbying arm Harlon Carter shocked the 'Old Gaurd' leadership. He broke the NRA mold of staidness by publicly opposing back ground checks, saying the use of guns by violent criminals or the mentally ill was simply the price we pay for freedom.

Carter had come to believe that no gun control legislation could be acceptable and wrote to the NRA membership: "We can win it on a simple concept – No compromise. No gun legislation."

In response in 1976, NRA leadership fired seventy-four employees, most were supporters of Carter and he resigned in protest. They fought back in 1977 at the NRA's Cincinnati annual meeting. Carter and other activists succeeded in changing the organization's bylaws and voted out much of the leadership. Carter replaced Maxwell Rich as Executive Vice President becoming responsible for NRA operations.

Carter's past conviction in the shooting death of a 15 yr. old hispanic youth as murder, became a weapon for the NRA's opposition and Carter's enemies. Carter had served time before before his conviction was finally overturned due to improper jury instructions regarding his claim of self defense.

He resigned in 1985 finally bringing an end to the event known as the 'Revolt at Cincinnati'. But by then under Carter's leadership the NRA's membership had tripled to over three million, and became a organization "so strong," said Carter, "that no politician in America mindful of his political career would want to challenge [our] goals."

The NRA was on a new path, one far different from their full support of the National Firearms Acts of 1934 and 1938 that regulated machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, and silencers, and prohibited felons from owning weapons. NRA leader Karl T. Frederick had publicly endorsed the legislation and notably said "I have never believed in the general practice of carrying weapons. I think it should be sharply restricted and only under licenses."

 

[Aero Denezol]

Very interesting read.

 

[3MTA3]

Note that gun control is again ramping up into high gear just as black men and women are purchasing guns in record numbers. *just a coincidence*

White bleeding heart liberals are again projecting their fears on the rest of us.

 

[billdeserthills]

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