• @Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        What mental gymnastics did you perform to come to the conclusion that gun control is rooted in racism

        Edit: history

        • Captain Howdy
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          142 years ago

          It’s literally the reason behind much of the first gun control laws. Things were fine until whites got scared when they realized African Americans have the same access to guns and they might start defending themselves against the oppression they continued to face in America. Similar to drug law, gun control is very much rooted in racism and NIMBY mentality.

        • @PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
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          122 years ago

          It’s pretty well known that the Black Panthers movement back in the 1960s and '70s that promoted black people to open carry weapons was a huge motivation for Republicans, the NRA and Ronald Reagan to pass gun control legislation.

          Yes that’s right, I said the NRA supported gun control regulation:

          “Many of these gun laws specifically and explicitly restricted Black persons’ ability to possess and carry firearms. A more recent and salient historical example is the Mulford Act of 1967, which outlawed the open carrying of loaded firearms. The Mulford Act was signed into law by California’s Republican governor Ronald Reagan with the support of the National Rifle Association. Although it is not explicitly stated in the act, the passage of this particular gun control law was motivated by the open carrying of loaded firearms by members of the Black Panther Party who were conducting patrols in Oakland neighborhoods to protect Black residents from police brutality (Anderson, 2021; Cottrol & Diamond, 1991; Winkler, 2011).”

          https://www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/spotlight/issue-269

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          “The law, AB 1591—better known as the Mulford Act and named for its author, Alameda County Republican Assemblymember Don Mulford—banned the carrying of firearms in public, making it a felony to do so without a government-issued license.”

          https://californialocal.com/localnews/statewide/ca/article/show/4412-california-gun-control-reagan-black-panthers/

          I think there’s some documentaries about it as well.

        • nik0
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          82 years ago

          The only time the NRA actually agreed with Gun Control was literally as soon as the black panthers became a thing

            • @commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              22 years ago

              it’s so beautifully constructed. from the “worked hand in hand with the nra” bit, to the fucking QUOTE FROM MARX . i’ve considered recreating it from time to time but this version is just chefs kiss.

      • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin
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        62 years ago

        No, not really, even in the wild West towns would force you to surrender your firearms to the sheriff before you could go anywhere else in town.

        Just because Reagan was a racist about it doesn’t mean the very concept itself is racist.

    • @ours@lemmy.world
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      182 years ago

      Want to get Republicans to jump on gun control? Just have minorities show up exercising their right to bear arms.

      Ask Reagan.