Teri Kanefield - The Guns That Destroy: The Second Amendment and How We Got Here

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Teri Kanefield
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As promised: The history of our racist gun laws and a history of the Second Amendment, beginning with our first gun laws and Slave Patrols and ending with white-power militias.

I expanded, added sources, and edited my thread from a few days ago.

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The Guns That Destroy: The Second Amendment and How We Got Here - Teri Kanefield
This is a long one, so grab a cup of ☕️ and make yourself comfortable. On Dec. 21, 2012 – one week after Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut –...
7:06 AM · May 29, 2022

https://terikanefield.com/the-guns-that-destroy-the-second-amendment-and-how-we-got-here/

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The Birth of the NRA as a Gun Safety and Marksmanship Training Organization

For this section, except where otherwise noted, I relied on this book, which I found to be reliable and well-sourced:

The facts in this section can be checked against articles such as this one: BBC News: US Gun Control: What is the NRA and why is it so powerful?

The NRA was founded as a gun safety and marksmanship training organization in 1871 by Gen. George Wingate (a General in the Union Army) and Col. William C. Church, a journalist who volunteered to serve in the Union Army because they were appalled by the terrible marksmanship of Union soldiers. At the time, there was very little training for soldiers; they were expected to come prepared. Wingate and Church saw themselves as training and preparing future American soldiers.

Particularly dangerous weapons developed for World War I found their way onto the streets of American cities. Congress drafted the National Firearms Act after a series of gangster shootings, including a high-profile shooting reportedly ordered by Al Capone.

The weapon of choice for gangsters (and other outlaws) was the sawed-off shotgun, which was capable of mass shooting and inflicting enormous damage. The idea was to get such dangerous guns off the streets.

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This really needs to be read at the link..... There's a lot of attachments.

[2naSalit]

1. K&R

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2. Really well done.

Without writing a thesis length article, Teri Kanefield walks the reader through the highlights of the tortured origin and history of the 2nd Amendment, the rise of the 'conservative' NRA we have today, and the Russian capture of the Republican party. That the armed white supremacist movement rose alongside these events was a surprise to no one involved in pushing gun ownership for the masses. It's all too likely they were counting on it.

Thank you for posting this, Nevilledog. It's a must read.

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