> Gun Control was partly started by racist southern politicians who were horrified by the thought that black citizens would have the right to own firearms.
Then again guns were needed to catch escaped slaves and to keep control over large black population ... and south pre-civil war had manly man dueling culture ... it was complicated and very situational when guns were good and when they were bad.
Then again guns were needed to catch escaped slaves and to keep control over large black population ... and south pre-civil war had manly man dueling culture ... it was complicated and very situational when guns were good and when they were bad.