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The Second Amendment - White Supremacy from 1776 to 2013

2/8/2013

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 Second Amendment - Article II

A well regulated Militia,  being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep
and bear Arms, shall not be  infringed.



 Yes, the title of this essay is meant in a figurative and literal  sense.  The case of Marissa  Alexander – an African woman - who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in  Jacksonville, Florida, proves the figurative argument.   Alexander was sentenced in the spring of 2012 for shooting a gun at the  ceiling to deter an abusive former partner from attacking her.   This sentencing occurred just two short months after George Zimmerman  killed Trayvon Martin.  Surely you  recall how white people all over the U.S. – from klan members living in tents to  Florida police and legislators –rallied around Zimmerman claiming Florida’s  “Stand your Ground” law as Zimmerman’s justification for stalking young Martin  and killing him in cold blood.  A  grade school child could easily line up the circumstances surrounding  Alexander’s case with Zimmerman’s and determine that Alexander was the innocent  party defending herself against attack while Zimmerman completely provoked the
scenario where he killed Martin.   Yet Alexander goes to prison and Zimmerman remains free.   To Africans and Native peoples this result is no surprise at all.  You see, this is usually how the U.S.  injustice system works.  It’s why  Richard Pryor correctly stated that “if you go to the courthouse looking for  justice –that’s just what you’ll find – just us!”  It’s also why the Second Amendment isn’t worth the paper it’s written on  as it applies to African people.   This is in a figurative sense so now let’s discuss the literal  sense.    


For true students of history it’s suggested you  study the Second Amendment as it’s written (displayed at the beginning of this
  article).  This document was a  national document.  Everyone knows  that, but there’s a good reason why this amendment says “state” instead of  “country” when it reads “a well regulated militia being necessary for the  security of a free state.”  The
reason was to preserve the slave patrols in the Southern states.   These patrols were necessary to preserve the institution of slavery, and  later the sharecropper system, which was the life blood of the South.  Without those patrols, the threat of
slave revolts was imminent and any politician who expected to be elected or  re-elected in the South, had to have a strong pro-slave patrol platform.  Researchers can easily determine that  James Madison’s original version of this amendment did include the word  “country,”but this was objected to by Patrick Henry and others who knew it would  be necessary to protect state rights to preserve the rights of the slave patrols  to be armed.  This struggle over  “state”and “country” helps explain why “state rights” is still code word today  for racist, segregationist policy, particularly in the Southern states.  Some white people may not know this or  be confused about it, but African people know this all to  well.


So the truth is that just like everything else, the Second  Amendment never had anything to do with protecting citizen’s rights against  “government tyranny” and there is absolutely no proof to substantiate that  despite the continued perpetuation of that lie by the white supremacist National  Rifle Association (NRA) and other white supremacist organizations (and if you
are so confused that you don’t understand how an organization like the NRA can  have token African members and be white supremacist, there’s probably no reason  for you to read any further). 



No one has never attempted to take guns out of  white people’s hands, but those same so-called guns rights advocates take a much  different perspective on gun rights when the discussion turns to supporting the  rights of Black and brown people to arm and defend themselves.   The record is clear that the NRA stood firmly in favor of the Mulford Act  in the California Legislature in 1967.   This law – introduced by Republican Assemblyman Don Mulford – forbade the  carrying of loaded firearms in the state of California and Mulford himself was  very clear that this law was aimed specifically at the Black Panther Party which
was engaged in active armed police patrols at that  time.


So in a figurative and literal sense the Second Amendment is  nothing more than the preservation of white supremacy. 
White people in the U.S. cling to their guns because they have been  taught that they must be prepared for the eventual ultimate slave revolt that is  500+ years in the making. This fear  is so pervasive and ingrained in the cultural fabric of this society – not just  the South - that these so-called gun advocates will practically tolerate any  type of gun atrocities to insure they can assess their guns.   The solid irony in this is that the slave revolt is most certainly  coming, but hopefully it will be much more than a simple insurrection.  Hopefully, it will be a well-planned  aspect of the revolutionary process that will involve millions of all shapes,  sizes, and colors. I say aspect  because those in the know already understand that the most critical part of the  revolutionary process is already happening right now.   The struggle over the hearts and minds is waging right now and as more  and more people wake up, all the guns in the world won’t stop the righteous from  inheriting the Earth.

3 Comments
Kevrick
3/16/2013 11:51:34 pm

You are truly a racist piece of shit. You and your hate the white man people are the reason there is still racism. You are helping hold back black people and giving white folks more reason to hate the blacks.

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ML
3/23/2013 01:53:01 pm

Kevrick,

It sounds like you are black man. I am a white woman. It is impossible for the author of this article to be a racist. That would be like calling me a sexist for hating the husband who beat me.

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