[vannrox]

This is an interesting bit of history that you won't find anywhere else.

[Poohbah]

Using military-surplus rifles from behind sandbag fortifications, the small band of freedom fighters drove off the larger force of Klansmen with no casualties reported on either side.

The small band of freedom fighters obviously needed some marksmanship training.

[Nat Turner]

SHHHHH you better hide and RENOUNCE this dangerous historical fact < /sarcasm off>

[rdb3]

And this is a perfect statement to make to the anti-2nd Amendment nuts.

[Sabertooth]

((((((growl)))))

[B4Ranch]

"During most of the 1960's I did civil rights work in various parts of the South and almost always had with me a .38 special Smith and Wesson 2-inch-barrel revolver - what you would now erroneously call a "Saturday Night Special."

Someone needs to explain to the writer that the ".38 Smith and Wesson 2-inch-barrel revolver" is commonly known as the "Chiefs Special", it never made it down to the term "Saturday Night Special"

[zook]

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[Incorrigible]

Abolitionist's rifle engulfs N.J. artist in fray [A PC conundrum]

Newark (NJ) Star Ledger ^ | 06/13/00 | John Yocca
Abolitionist's rifle engulfs N.J. artist in fray 06/13/00 By John Yocca STAFF WRITER Her every step a perilous one, famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman could afford no slip-ups as she shuttled slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Timing was tight, indecision an enemy. When escaped slaves in her care hesitated on the frightening march to liberation, Tubman, a determined and gritty former slave herself, coaxed them northward with a loaded gun. A century-and-a-half later, New Jersey artist Mike Alewitz chose that image of Tubman -- a lantern in one hand, a rifle in the other -- as the centerpiece ...

[johnboy]

"NEGROES WITH GUNS"

aka: "American Patriots (who just happened to be black) With Guns."

i'm sure they made a movie out of this starring gary cooper, et al., set in the old west.

in plot, etc., what distinguishes this from "the dirty dozen," a "fistful of dollars," and the like?

[blam]

"The simple existence of guns in the hands of men who were willing to use them prevented greater violence."

Works every time. Everyone around here knows that I like my guns.

[mhking]

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[Chu Gary]

"This is an interesting bit of history that you won't find anywhere else."

This was a fascinating article - thanks for posting it.

[Bubba_Leroy]

In other cases, fanatical racists suddenly turned into cowards when they realized their intended victims were armed.

Most criminals do. The only proven effect that gun control laws have is to make criminals feel safer knowing that their victims will not be armed.

[stainlessbanner]

It is important to note that the guns were not used offensively.

Excellent point. Williams and the boys applied the appropriate force for the situation. It demonstrates another reason to support responsible gun ownership.

Great post, Vannrox.

[Bogey78O]

Racist roots of gun control


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/608386/posts?page=6#6

[Bogey78O]

An old discussion that was quite oddd and disjointed.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/599669/posts

[Bogey78O]

A good companion article...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/601801/posts

[Spirited]

What a pity that black people are so willingly deluded by the enslavers who are their supposed helpers.

I wonder if it would matter to most of them if they understood what is in this post. Here is something for which they should be justifiably proud and as a people they have no concept!

[Coeur de Lion]

Actual at both Tulsa and Rosewood the blacks were armed and they used those weapons. They were simply overwhelmed in terms of numbers.

[Doctor Stochastic]

"A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home."

--Ida B. Wells

[Mike K]

In other cases, fanatical racists suddenly turned into cowards when they realized their intended victims were armed.

Is that different than today? Let's substitute criminals for racists - nope, nothing's changed.