• MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    14 hours ago

    It’s for killing MAGA. Washington and his friends were worried people would try to create tyranny, so they made sure Americans all had guns to kill the people who do that.

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      14 hours ago

      The amendment was actually added at the insistence of slaver states to ensure they would have well armed militias to hunt down escaped slaves and put down any slave rebellions.

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          12 hours ago

          Idk if the other guy is right, but it’s not like they would add “to hunt down slaves” instead. So they might have put that to get the whole thing added on.

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            10 hours ago

            Right, but if the only way the slavers could get it in was to say it’s for rebelling against tyranny, then it seems like rebelling against tyranny was the important concern.

            Also I’ve read the declaration of secession by the confederate states and it was really explicit about slavery being the point. I think they would say it’s for slavery if they thought they could get away with it

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            11 hours ago

            It’s wrong… kinda close, but wrong (not slaves - different non-white people). Wondering if a correction gets made.