Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds
by jollybean on Friday September 17, 2021 @09:55AM
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It's 'poor taste' to misrepresent history as much as you have in your statement. There were no groups running around 'lynching' Black people during the Black Panther era, moreover, the Black Panther era saw an explosion in gun crime across the US that was acute among the African American community. As much as gun laws are a part of the problem, the vast disparity in gun crime among different groups can't be avoided either.
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Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds
by SuoDuanDao on Friday September 17, 2021 @11:24AM
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>There were no groups running around 'lynching' Black people during the Black Panther era
No, but some of the very earliest gun control laws were aimed at only black citizens and were enacted during lynching's heyday. Gun control in America has a very sordid history when viewed through a racial lens, and its ties to the civil rights era and the drug war are less blatant but still insidious.