William Lindsey :toad: on Nostr: As 400 Years shows, there have been key moments in the US past when white Americans ...

As 400 Years shows, there have been key moments in the US past when white Americans have actively demanded gun control — and, not surprisingly, those moments had to do with fear of people color owning guns.

The history of attitudes towards gun ownership in the US is deeply intertwined with racism — as the rush of white Americans to buy guns when Barack Obama became president tells us loudly and clearly.

#Guns #GunControl #racism #AmericanExceptionalism

https://400years.substack.com/p/when-white-america-demanded-gun-control