To guarantee that white men have the weapons to keep down the ni**ers.
The real reason the Second Amendment was ratified, and why it says
“State” instead of “Country” (the Framers knew the difference – see the
10th Amendment), was to preserve the slave patrol militias in the
southern states, which was necessary to get Virginia’s vote. Founders
Patrick Henry, George Mason, and James Madison were totally clear on
that . . . and we all should be too. In the beginning, there were the
militias. In the South, they were also called the “slave patrols,” and
they were regulated by the states.
— Thom Hartmann | The Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery
The original sin of slavery just filters through our entire cultural and civic foundation, doesn't it?
I
can't say that I'm completely surprised that the 2nd Amendment had a
strong pro-slavery component considering the cultural fault lines. The
idea that everyone was running in fear of the future government they
were creating never rang true, despite Jefferson's musings about the
need for revolution every once in a while. The need to raise a militia
to repel foreign invaders? Of course. Especially since they expressly
provided for no standing army. But there was always something else in
there. And this makes sense.
Don't pretend it's ever been about anything else.
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