Hell yea. Freedom and the right to bear arms extends to every citizen. Bring it back to the basics so people can be called out on their differing responses.
Interesting bit of history: the black panther protests in California in 1968 were the beginning of the modern battle for the second amendment. The BP showed up armed, and that scared the crap out of the white men in the California legislature who promptly banned them. The ACLU then got involved in fighting for the BP’s second amendment rights.
owmyball on June 5th, 2020 at 22:09 UTC »
Hell yea. Freedom and the right to bear arms extends to every citizen. Bring it back to the basics so people can be called out on their differing responses.
SpareArm on June 5th, 2020 at 23:37 UTC »
Also, a white panther
cyberentomology on June 6th, 2020 at 00:43 UTC »
Interesting bit of history: the black panther protests in California in 1968 were the beginning of the modern battle for the second amendment. The BP showed up armed, and that scared the crap out of the white men in the California legislature who promptly banned them. The ACLU then got involved in fighting for the BP’s second amendment rights.
RadioLab’s More Perfect podcast about the Supreme Court did a fantastic episode about this (aptly titled “The Gun Show”)... https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/radiolab-presents-more-perfect-gun-show