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The Second Amendment itself is racist – the dark, dirty secret of American history

The Progressive Wing Posted on July 15, 2016 by NVPainterJuly 15, 2016

So why the big silence from the NRA when two men who were legal gun owners with conceal carry permits are shot? Could it be because they are black? Thom Hartmann explains that “the dark, dirty secret of American history is that the Second Amendment itself is racist.” Thom Hartmann explains that the Second Amendment was written both to ensure no standing national army, in order to prevent the possibility of a military coup overturning democracy, AND to preserve slavery in the South — in particular, by continuing the Virginia state slave patrols, which were, in essence, a state militia. … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lives Matter, History, Police Reform, Thom Hartmann | Tagged Constitution, Second Amendment

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