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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Edit context: Hasan is calling out right-wingers for getting upset about leftists carrying guns.

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[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lol no they did not. People carried firearms openly since the beginning of our nation. They didn't magically just start doing this. There is a reason they called the colt the pistol that won the west, and there is a reason we literally gained our independence using mostly privately owned firearms. There wasn't really big laws until around 1934 for the NFA. Which is during prohibition.

Owning firearms has been an non issue for well over a century prior to the NFA.

https://time.com/5169210/us-gun-control-laws-history-timeline/