Did you know NRA Was Inspired by Black Panthers,,,?
Yes, according to Adam Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at UCLA School of Law and author of “Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America.”
Winkler said over the weekend on NPR’s “On the Media”:
“One of the surprising things I discovered in writing ‘Gunfight’ was that when the Black Panthers started carrying their guns around in Oakland, Calif., in the late 1960s, it inspired a new wave of gun control laws (audio). It was these laws that ironically sparked a backlash among rural White conservatives, who were concerned that the government was coming to get their guns next.
“The NRA mimicked many of the policy positions of the Black Panthers, who viewed guns not just as a matter of protection for the home, but something you should be able to have out on the street, and also protection against a hostile government that was tyrannical and disrespectful of people’s rights. . . . ”
NRA a Copycat Organisation
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Mr. Winkler's statements on the Black Panthers starting the NRA is ludicrous. The Black Panther Party was founded in the late 1960s. The NRA was founded on November 17, 1871 way before the Black Panther Party got started. Another little known fact is that the NRA was founded by Nazis who fled to the U.S. after Germany was defeated in 1945. The Nazis wanted EVERYONE to have a gun.
Do a Google search of Hitler's name, he LOWERED the age to own guns from 21 to 18 in 1938.