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Gun Control & RKBA

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4. more than just a conspiracy theory

Thu Dec 29, 2016, 12:19 AM

Dec 2016

While the Mulford Act was already mentioned, it is also why Florida banned open carry in 1893. At the time, black farm workers often open carried pistols, causing some whites, especially those in power, to clutch their pearls.
http://www.guncite.com/journals/gun_control_wtr8512.html
worth a read
https://www.amazon.com/Negroes-Gun-Black-Tradition-Arms/dp/161614839X

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How many of you read this: [View all] Kang Colby Dec 2016 OP

Here is my thing bravenak Dec 2016 #1

LOL, I just find the song appropriate for those of us on the left Kang Colby Dec 2016 #2

Damn, lol bravenak Dec 2016 #3

So check this, bravenak......... pablo_marmol Dec 2016 #9

And a quote from gun-control journalist Robert Sherrill: Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #7

http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/308608/ wincest Dec 2016 #10

Malcolm X IS holding yagotme Dec 2016 #11

more than just a conspiracy theory gejohnston Dec 2016 #4

You might be surprised if you went to a gun range. ... spin Dec 2016 #5

sadly there's some truth to your theory. wincest Dec 2016 #6

Also this thread: pablo_marmol Dec 2016 #8