• richieadler@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    People invoke 2A usually lie, and the reason to arm themselves is to kill dark skinned people they don’t like.

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      10 days ago

      this was always the reason for 2a: empowering white settlers to “defend” their land (stolen from indigenous people at gunpoint) and property (African slaves held in captivity at gunpoint).