For some blacks, gun control raises echoes of segregated past

[Sousuke 1,214]

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/1/for-some-blacks-guncontroldebateraisesechoesofsegregatedpast.html

But Ector and other African-Americans who share his views on firearms see gun rights as a civil rights issue and tighter regulations as a way to keep power out of the hands of minorities.

"Gun control has racist roots and when you deny people the opportunity to own a gun and to protect themselves, that is the epitome of racism," he told Al Jazeera.

His thinking, he says, is shaped by America’s segregated past. As far back as the 1860s, gun control has been used to keep arms out of the hands of black people. After the Civil War, a group of discriminatory laws known as the Black Codes limited the civil liberties—like the right to bear arms—of newly freed slaves.

Ector says he believes that even today, gun control is doing just that.

[Danno 1,228]

From the beginning of man, the need to be able to defend ones self has been the number one priority and most especially for people in fear of persecution........ Except when it comes to Black Americans, their leaders tell them to "trust the Gov't".

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