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\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bf7haLJ6KjY\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The recently released documentary, \u201cGun Nation – America\u2019s Love Affair with Firearms,\u201d published by DW<\/a>, a German public broadcast service, purports to present a balanced view of gun ownership in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least that\u2019s what the filmmakers would have casual viewers believe. They imply that the documentary offers perspectives from both sides of the gun debate, presenting a comprehensive examination of the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the film does feature some pro-gun advocates — good folks at the Gunstie Academy<\/a> in Arizona, and some of our friends over at NAGGA<\/a> — it\u2019s hard to ignore the producers’ clear anti-gun bias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the most striking instance of this bias is the argument put forth by the narrator that the right to keep and bear arms is \u201cdeeply steeped in the United States historical racism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jennifer Carlson, the author of “Policing the Second Amendment.” She believes the impetus behind the 2A was to protect the rights of slave patrols. (Photo: DW<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To support this contention, the filmmakers interview Jennifer Carlson, the author of \u201cPolicing the Second Amendment<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: ACLU Has it Backwards: 2A Isn\u2019t Racist, Gun Control Is!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carlson claims, \u201cAt that time the state militia was the slave patrol. So, if the federal government, by virtue of the U.S. Constitution, didn\u2019t protect a state\u2019s right to have a militia or in other words, a slave patrol, that could fundamentally undermine the system of slavery that was integral to the United States at its founding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it is true that lynch mobs and slave patrols existed, particularly in the antebellum South, there is zero evidence<\/a> to suggest that when the founders and framers drafted the Second Amendment they were motivated by a desire to protect the interests of slaveholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the contrary, the Second Amendment was enshrined as a means to ensure citizens could repel tyranny. In a nutshell, it was a safeguard against oppression. You know, things like systemic slavery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember, per the text, the operative clause states “the right of the people…” not the right of the militia or government. It’s also worth noting<\/a>, as the National Review <\/em>has, that John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Adams were abolitionists who backed one’s natural right to keep and bear arms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Adams famously said, “Every measure of prudence, therefore, ought to be assumed for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States… I have, through my whole life, held the practice of slavery in… abhorrence.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Detroit Man Empowers Urban Women with Pro-Bono Firearms Training<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Does that sound like a guy who wants to protect slave patrols?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it can be argued America took too long to eradicate slavery. Our forefathers, although not perfect, could have acted sooner. However, the indisputable truth is that good men with guns heralded the end of slavery. Many of these men were, indeed, former slaves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which brings up a crucial point. That is, the best way to free the enslaved is to arm them. As the popular saying goes, an armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a slave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The architects of our Constitution, despite their flaws, recognized the significance of safeguarding the fundamental right to self-defense. This right was not just about individual well-being, but the very survival of our free Republic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward to today, the opponents of gun rights, including the makers of “Gun Nation,” are striving to disarm America. Including the descendants<\/a> of slaves. Their vision for America is one where only the powerful bear arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there’s a path leading back to the existence of slave patrols, it is not being paved by us, but rather by them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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