Roots are not the whole tree. I am still waiting for someone to show me credivle evidence that gun control laws are aim,ed at any specific race while leaving the other races untouched.
I still think the very idea of gun control laws is sdtupid -- they never have and never will work for the benefit of anyone but the likes of Hitler, Stalin and Mao.
Some relevant highlights (pardon the informal citation):
"Those practices ended when the General Assembly passed Georgia’s first gun ban. The 1833 law provided that 'it shall not be lawful for any free person of colour in this state, to own, use, or carry fire arms of any description whatever.'" (p.2)
"The court proclaimed that 'Free persons of color have never been recognized here as citizens; they are not entitled to bear arms, vote for members of the legislature, or to hold any civil office.' This ruling would form the basis for the expulsion of black legislators in 1868." (p.3)
"The selective application of the law started immediately as the law was ignored by white supremacists that had armed themselves and gathered at the polls to prevent blacks and Republicans from voting on Election Day in November 1870." (p.4)
"The Atlanta Journal advocated the forcible disarming of all blacks in an editorial titled 'Disarm the Negroes.' The Journal would get their wish in 1910, four years later." (p.7)
"Alabama passed a law banning the possession of all guns smaller than 24 inches. The illusion was that this law was race neutral; however everyone understood that the law would only apply to blacks and troublesome whites." (p.10)
"'The original Act of 1893 was passed when there was a great influx of negro laborers in this State...the Act was passed for the purpose of disarming the negro laborers...The statute was never intended to be applied to the white population and in practice has never been so applied.'" (p.10)
"...the Governor signed a law that required a license to carry a firearm in public issued by the Ordinary (now issued by a Probate Judge). The qualifications and method was similar to those that disfranchised blacks two years earlier...In the unlikely event a black man could post the bond, the Ordinary, who was always white since blacks could not hold civil office, could be counted on not to issue licenses to blacks." (p.11)