NRA Created To Protect Free Slaves

YOUTUBE ^ | February 25, 2013 | luciusx5

[SWAMPSNIPER]

There is some question about this, but some of the NRA's founders were active abolitionists.

I'm glad to welcome anyone aboard if they understand and support our Constitution.

We need all the friends we can get!

[Hugin]

The NRA was created by Civil War vets who were appalled at the lack of shooting skills among recruits. For the first 100 years or so they really weren’t involved in politics, but in promoting shooting by citizens.

[mnehring]

Both are true. A lot of what they did was to teach and train those who were newly recognized citizens (former slaves) about the rights. They were ensuring that we always had free citizens who were a well trained national militia. This in turn, helped freed slaves also be empowered to one aspect of the right which was to defend their personal lives and liberty. I remember when the asinine comments were made a few months ago by a Dem equating the KKK to the NRA, someone here posted an old ad from the 1800s by the KKK attacking the NRA because they empowered blacks. I’ll see if I can find it.

[Perseverando]

Thanks for posting this video link! I highly recommend watching the 3 minute video. That was a very distinguished gathering of black pro Constitutional leaders supporting the 2nd Amendment.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[FULL VERSION] Black conservative leaders discuss how the NRA was created to protect freed slaves
http://youtu.be/jKMi023Ofro

[Perseverando]

Full versions (1:14:49), February 22, 2013:

YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=jKMi023Ofro&NR=1

C-Span - http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311127-1

Make sure to bookmark!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

This needs to go viral!

[Verginius Rufus]

This country used to have free slaves? And slaveholders were dumb enough to pay cold hard cash when they wanted to acquire an additional slave? No wonder they lost the war.