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Second Amendment Creates Second-Class Citizens

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The History of the NRA

The NRA was founded by Union Civil War generals who thought our marksmanship wasn't that strong. And again, an anti-blackness informed the transformation of the NRA. For whites who are like strong gun owners, the language of the Second Amendment of freedom is assigned to whites and they assign it to black people. But this is really important because this is the impetus for disallowing the Panthers to still be alive today.

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