The Rude Pundit: All You Need to Know About Irrational "Self-Defense" Laws in Three Pictures

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7. Closer than you might think..........

In Georgia, for example, a generation before the American Revolution, laws were passed in 1755 and 1757 that required all plantation owners or their male white employees to be members of the Georgia Militia, and for those armed militia members to make monthly inspections of the quarters of all slaves in the state. The law defined which counties had which armed militias and even required armed militia members to keep a keen eye out for slaves who may be planning uprisings.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery

Think of it as you will.