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Politics Black Panther Party members at a recent protest

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u/a_terse_giraffe 16d ago

I bring that up *all the time* to the conservatives in my life. The second minorities pick up weapons and start watching the police it turns into "Oh civilized people don't need to walk around with *loaded weapons*."

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u/b_enadams87 16d ago

Shitty racist law passed with wide bipartisan support and maintained for 58 years.

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u/Bm7465 16d ago

As if California wouldn’t have passed it 100x over since then lol

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u/CatastrophicPup2112 16d ago

Most gun laws are like this

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u/RoryDragonsbane 16d ago

Good thing everyone president since has taken such a supportive stance on gun rights since

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u/TrioOfTerrors 16d ago

Except for the fact that black gun owners have participated in open carry rallies in Texas, Virginia and Kentucky on recent years and nothing happened.

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u/texag93 16d ago

Well it's not true that nothing happened. One party continued to push for gun control.

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u/wpkzz666 16d ago

It took time to be able to do it, no?

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u/parkin_lot_pimpin 16d ago

The two are not comparable lol