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In reply to the discussion: The Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery:Southern Slave patrols [View all]Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)7. And this was used as legalized violence
for the enslavement of people.
The amendment has its roots in the south's enslavement, subjugation, trade of human beings. Your first amendment right didn't do that.
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The Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery:Southern Slave patrols [View all]
Ichingcarpenter
Jan 2013
OP
And the First Amendment guaranteed pro-slavery screeds could be published, so... nt
Romulox
Jan 2013
#4
Our country was FOUNDED on a violent revolution. So yes, the First Amendment is included
Romulox
Jan 2013
#9