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Connection between power and guns in America (Guns used for self-defense…
Connection between power and guns in America
Guns used for self-defense
The American Revolution
Fight and battles : they needed to defend themselves
This violence lead to american's victory
Guns became the only way to express themselves and, more importantly, synonym of power and justice.
America's civil war
Western Expansion
The West = dangerous place : people needed to be able to protect themselves against and kind of danger
Protection against predators and hostile native required the use of guns
Guns used for power and domination
Political power
Nowadays : politicians use the 2nd Amendment and gun control as an argument to fight their oponents
In Slavery
People were scared of the slaves's abilities
Guns was a good way to keep authority and then stop the few revolts
Example : KKK
Many members of the Klu Klux Klan were soldiers of the Confederacy during the civil war.
They kept their weapons after losing the war and used it against black peoples
Fight for human rights
Civil rights movement
African Americans just wanted to obtain fundamental rights
Guns were usually used by the policemen who were trying to subdue them into respecting the law
Black Lives Matter
Guns = vector of violence
White supremacists and corrupted policemen can use them against black people which creates fear among black communities.
Industrialization and gun production reflect the country's power and culture worldwide.
Gun represent independance, power and freedom
Samuel Colt's invention
Today, the right to bear a gun is seen as an heritage of this “Wild West”