Gun Control and the Second Amendment's Ugly Origins

Gun control has been one of the hottest topics of debate in recent years, with special attention drawn to the issue after the deplorable. The ethical debate will continue to rage for a while it seems, as neither the conservatives nor the liberals can convince the other side.
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Gun control has been one of the hottest topics of debate in recent years, with special attention drawn to the issue after the deplorable amount of mass shootings in America last year. The ethical debate will continue to rage for a while it seems, as neither the conservatives nor the liberals can convince the other side.

It certainly doesn't help the matter when people of influence like Jesse Hughes of The Eagles of Death Metal, who was present at the Bataclan attack in France and suffers from PTSD, makes comments on things like "Everybody has to have guns." Ignorant comments like these often lead pro-gun activists pointing to the Second Amendment, and their god-given-American "right to bear arms".

While it may be their "right", the Second Amendment has its foundations in protecting white slave owners from slave revolt, and as such it's probably worth reconsidering. Check the full history above from Matt Rubel of Question Time.

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