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raccoon

(32,250 posts)
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 12:27 PM 10 hrs ago

Damn gun humpers are in love with guns -- when they and their ilk are holding the loaded guns.

when somebody on the other side of the aisle is even carrying, they act like terrified kids.

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Damn gun humpers are in love with guns -- when they and their ilk are holding the loaded guns. (Original Post) raccoon 10 hrs ago OP
It's about 50/50 at AR15.com Kaleva 10 hrs ago #1
White nationalism Cirsium 10 hrs ago #2
Kyle Rittenhouse is a big hero for them-- viva la 10 hrs ago #3

Kaleva

(40,261 posts)
1. It's about 50/50 at AR15.com
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 12:31 PM
10 hrs ago

The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus issued a statement in support.

Cirsium

(3,493 posts)
2. White nationalism
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 12:40 PM
10 hrs ago

It was never about guns.

The NRA Supported Gun Control When the Black Panthers Had the Weapons

Throughout the late 1960s, the militant Black nationalist group used their understanding of the finer details of California’s gun laws to underscore their political statements about the subjugation of African-Americans. In 1967, 30 members of the Black Panthers protested on the steps of the California statehouse armed with .357 Magnums, 12-gauge shotguns and .45-caliber pistols and announced, “The time has come for Black people to arm themselves.”

The display so frightened politicians—including California governor Ronald Reagan—that it helped to pass the Mulford Act, a state bill prohibiting the open carry of loaded firearms, along with an addendum prohibiting loaded firearms in the state Capitol. The 1967 bill took California down the path to having some of the strictest gun laws in America and helped jumpstart a surge of national gun control restrictions.

https://www.history.com/articles/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act

viva la

(4,528 posts)
3. Kyle Rittenhouse is a big hero for them--
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 01:02 PM
10 hrs ago

for taking weapons to a protest and shooting three people.

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