With Jefferson at least, who authored and confirmed the amendment, this simply isn't true.
Yes he was a large slave owner, but fought to have it outlawed in his own state, and failed. He loved and had children with one of his slaves. I have no doubt that some people felt they needed guns to stop slave revolts, I disagree that it was the PRIMARY reason, or even a large one. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:18 PM, J.J. Merrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fascinating read! Of course I WANT it to all be true because it does > fit my personal narrative, so I will need to do more research because > it is almost too good to be true :-) > > > -J.J. > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I wonder about the "revisionist history" thing myself but the fundamental > > problem is that people on most sides of an issue are attempting it all > > together and it changes over time so you end up with revisions of > revisions > > and it can be hard to figure out what really happened. > > > > And, of course, the situation back then was complex as well. I'm sure > that > > there were probably some people who were advocating for the 2nd amendment > > as a means of maintaining control over slave holdings and there were some > > people that were advocating for it for entirely different reasons. > > > > The biggest mistake I think that people tend to make is saying "the > > Founding Fathers believed in X, Y and Z". They were a diverse group who > > argued and fought and compromised and were not always sure what they > really > > wanted, just like today. > > > > Cheers, > > Judah > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:00 AM, J.J. Merrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> It's something that is touched on in Bowling for Columbine in the > >> cartoon short that is in the middle of it... > >> > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzo9pOXa-s > >> > >> > >> > >> I think it is part of the revisionist history that seems to be very > >> prominent in most "causes" Make the stats and the history lineup with > >> your narrative regardless of what side you are on. Left and the Right > >> do it. > >> > >> > >> On a side note I decided to watch Bowling for Columbine the other day > >> after not having seen it in 8 years or so. It amazed me that the thing > >> could have come out last week. It was 11 years ago but everything > >> seemed like it was pulled right out of yesterdays newspapers! > >> > >> -J.J. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > Jerry B. had a link the other day about things Americans should know > >> about > >> > the 2nd Amendment. It contained a short bit about slavery and the 2nd > >> > Amendment. I just came across a really interesting article that seems > to > >> be > >> > pretty well sourced talking about the discussions around the 2nd > >> Amendment > >> > and the concerns of Southern, slave-owning states. > >> > > >> > Interesting historical stuff and lots of great quotes from the likes > of > >> > George Mason. > >> > > >> > > >> > http://truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery > >> > > >> > I'd be interested in learning more as this isn't a bit of history I > know > >> > well. > >> > > >> > Cheers, > >> > Judah > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360345 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
