NEGROES WITH GUNS - The story of how the 2nd Amendment prevented bloodshed in the 60's.

Black Man with a Gun ^ | 12/29/01 12:22:27 | Dr. Michael S. Brown of Vancouver, WA

[Poohbah]

Aim small, miss small.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

mhking, do you object to the term "Negroes"?

[dighton]

Clarence Darrow -- not ordinarily a favorite of mine -- once represented some black people who'd defended themselves, with firearms, against a white mob. In that case he was on the side of the angels.

Maybe someone can refresh my memory as to particulars of that case. Needless to say, it was long before the 1960s.

[dighton]

Oops, I should have pinged you too in #23.

[Chu Gary]

"This is an interesting bit of history that you won't find anywhere else."

This was a fascinating article - thanks for posting it.

[Bubba_Leroy]

In other cases, fanatical racists suddenly turned into cowards when they realized their intended victims were armed.

Most criminals do. The only proven effect that gun control laws have is to make criminals feel safer knowing that their victims will not be armed.

[dcwusmc]

We gotta quit this lovefest. I'm agreeing with you too much!!! That's twice in a week! What's up? Have you seen the light? :^)

[stainlessbanner]

It is important to note that the guns were not used offensively.

Excellent point. Williams and the boys applied the appropriate force for the situation. It demonstrates another reason to support responsible gun ownership.

Great post, Vannrox.

[Bogey78O]

Racist roots of gun control


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/608386/posts?page=6#6

[Bogey78O]

An old discussion that was quite oddd and disjointed.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/599669/posts

[Bogey78O]

A good companion article...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/601801/posts

[Spirited]

What a pity that black people are so willingly deluded by the enslavers who are their supposed helpers.

I wonder if it would matter to most of them if they understood what is in this post. Here is something for which they should be justifiably proud and as a people they have no concept!

[Coeur de Lion]

Actual at both Tulsa and Rosewood the blacks were armed and they used those weapons. They were simply overwhelmed in terms of numbers.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

To: mhking ~~ mhking, do you object to the term "Negroes"? 22 posted on 9/3/02 7:29 PM Pacific by my_pointy_head_is_sharp

That's an interesting question, actually. "Negroid" is not an even remotely "demeaning" term; gosh, it's just a scientifically-correct Ethnographic Delineation.

HOWEVER, when it comes to general discussion, I'd think it kinda silly for you to refer to me as "OP the Caucasoid". I am, ethnographically, a "Caucasoid"; but in common parlance "OP the White Guy" will do just fine, thanks. ;-)

Make any sense?

[Doctor Stochastic]

"A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home."

--Ida B. Wells

[mhking]

mhking, do you object to the term "Negroes"?

In general? Nope.

I generally don't use the term; I just prefer "black" over any other label - of course, the operative term being American.

[norraad]

I like'um too!

[rdb3]

It all depends on who is saying it. If it is in a scientific form, then I have no problem. But if it is in the contemporary, I reject the word.

[Mike K]

In other cases, fanatical racists suddenly turned into cowards when they realized their intended victims were armed.

Is that different than today? Let's substitute criminals for racists - nope, nothing's changed.

[Southack]

To prevent war, one must be so well-armed and prepared that no one dares trifle with you.

That concept held true for the Swedes and Swiss in WW2 (Hitler feared invading them would cost him too many casualties - a remarkable thought when one considers that Hitler invaded the Soviet Union after it had purged its officers).

Likewise, it held true during the Civil Rights movement here in America. Rural America has always been armed. Selma, Alabama is in the rural heart of the "Black Belt" of the South. Even the corrupt police officers who attacked Blacks at the Edmund Pettus Bridge on their march from Selma to Montgomery knew better than to pull a gun. Had they shot the marchers, rural Alabama would have become an armed, enraged adversary.

So instead of shootings, there were dogs, firehoses (in Birmingham, anyway), and billy-clubs.

But had Blacks NOT been armed, it's pretty clear what the Klan would have done.

In contrast, the Klan today is toothless and ridiculed. History has left it behind.

For this, we can thank the 2nd Amendment.