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NRA lawsuit gives SCOTUS chance to confront 2nd Amendment's roots in racism
reuters.com ^ | Oct. 22, 2021 | Hassan Kanu

Posted on 10/25/2021 7:54:39 AM PDT by PROCON

Oct 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will soon have its first opportunity in more than a decade to redefine the scope of gun rights and to confront the link between the Second Amendment and slavery that it has previously overlooked.

The justices next month will hear a challenge backed by the National Rifle Association to New York state’s restrictions on concealed handguns in public. The NRA and two gun owners are claiming the restrictions violate the Second Amendment, arguing that Americans have an unfettered right to carry guns in public for self-defense.

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Indeed, the historical record shows that the Second Amendment is rooted in racism and was written to preserve Southern state militias whose job it was to crush slave rebellions and capture runaways.

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The thesis of racism at the root of the Second Amendment has been developed, most notably, by Carol Anderson, a bestselling author and historian at Emory University.

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TOPICS: Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; nra; ohbrother; racism; scotus; supremecourt
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To: Qui is
If memory serves me correctly, the NRA was formed in part to ensure that newly freed slaves had access to firearms after the Civil War.

The KKK was formed to prevent newly freed slaves from voting for Republicans. Gun control laws were then enacted in the Democrat controlled Southern states to keep freed slaves from defending themselves.

41 posted on 10/25/2021 9:35:51 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President!)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

????

What does the KKK have to do with the NRA? Are you suggesting the NRA is associated/aligned with the KKK?


42 posted on 10/25/2021 9:46:39 AM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Big fingers small key board

Maybe it brought a smile to someone


43 posted on 10/25/2021 10:04:53 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: PROCON; All
For the record, Attorney Stephen P. Holbrook has indicated in his book “Securing Civil Rights” that one of the purposes of the 14th Amendment with respect to the 2nd Amendment was to prohibit the states from preventing freedmen from using firearms to protect themselves.

Next, the ultimate remedy for unconstitutionally big, Democratic-pirated federal and state governments oppressing everybody under their boots...

Consider that all the states can effectively “secede” from the unconstitutionally big federal government by doing the following.

Patriots need to primary federal and state elected officials who don't send voters email ASAP that clearly promises to do the following.

Federal and state candidate lawmakers need to promise in their emails to introduce resolutions no later than 100 days after start of new legislative sessions that proposes an amendment to the Constitution to the states that is limited to repealing the 16th and ill-conceived 17th Amendments.

Insights welcome.

44 posted on 10/25/2021 10:07:07 AM PDT by Amendment10
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To: PROCON
...Indeed, the historical record shows that the Second Amendment is rooted in racism and was written to preserve Southern state militias whose job it was to crush slave rebellions and capture runaways...

They are not going to fool Clarence Thomas with this nonsense.

45 posted on 10/25/2021 10:32:59 AM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: Qui is
What does the KKK have to do with the NRA? Are you suggesting the NRA is associated/aligned with the KKK?

Not at all. Just the opposite in fact.

The KKK was formed by Democrats in the South to regain power by threatening freed slaves who voted against them. The KKK was essentially the military enforcement wing of the Democrat party (serving much the same role that Antifa serves today). Gun control laws were adopted by Democrats in the South to keep freed slaves from fighting back.

The NRA was formed to protect the rights of freed slaves and everyone else to keep and bear arms to defend against those who would try and take them away.

46 posted on 10/25/2021 10:44:09 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President!)
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To: PROCON

There a reason I call this presstitute org

Roto Reuters

Crap slingers

So,,,, our God given rights are racist ,

so that means

our judeo Christian God is a racist.

This ilk gets ilkier every day.


47 posted on 10/25/2021 11:11:22 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Bubba_Leroy

OK. Got it. My misunderstanding. Thanks for clarifying that.


48 posted on 10/25/2021 11:18:43 AM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows.)
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To: Mr Rogers

Oh that figgers.


49 posted on 10/25/2021 11:21:26 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: PROCON
The second amendment was rooted in opposing standing armies, not rebellious slaves.

If I were Ms. Anderson, I'd sue Emory University to get my money back.

-PJ

50 posted on 10/25/2021 11:29:27 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: PROCON

Does anyone know what day oral arguments are scheduled for this?


51 posted on 10/25/2021 1:48:02 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Qui is
My misunderstanding. Thanks for clarifying that.

Totally my fault. I should have been clearer in my initial post. I tapped it out on my cell phone while I was waiting in a line.

52 posted on 10/25/2021 2:11:16 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President!)
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To: zeugma
Does anyone know what day oral arguments are scheduled for this?

Wednesday, Nov. 3rd, 2021.

20-843 NEW YORK STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSN., INC. V. BRUEN

53 posted on 10/25/2021 3:21:54 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: PROCON

“... the Second Amendment is rooted in racism...”


I don’t believe it, but so what if it were? It is in the Constitution. Deal with it.


54 posted on 10/25/2021 6:00:04 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: PROCON

Isn’t there an entire series of “Federalist Papers” that flesh out the reasoning behind the text of the Constitution?


55 posted on 10/25/2021 6:17:31 PM PDT by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton)
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To: PROCON

Thanks! I’ll be sure to set that one up in my calendar to remind me to download the orals once they are posted.


56 posted on 10/25/2021 6:40:49 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: zeugma
I too am interested in listening to the oral arguments.

The way the 'right to carry' question was worded, it seems like there's little room for misconstruing the meaning, but we know how liberals think.

Regardless, this is a huge case.

57 posted on 10/25/2021 8:46:33 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: PROCON

Of course it is (in their ‘minds’). Anything good, anything they have no hope of arguing on the actual merits, they automatically whip out for the ‘r’ word.


58 posted on 10/26/2021 7:29:17 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: PROCON

“2nd Amendment’s roots in racism”

Good grief. What’s next with these clowns, the 1st amendment’s roots in sexism?


59 posted on 10/28/2021 11:19:55 AM PDT by ScottfromNJ
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To: PROCON

Obviously, more critical race theory bull$hit. Everything liberals don’t like is racist or Trump’s fault or both.


60 posted on 10/29/2021 12:06:17 PM PDT by Robert357
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