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The U.S. ‘Right’ to Own Guns Came With the ‘Right’ to Own Slaves
Shoot First
The grim history of gun violence in the United States goes way back, aided and abetted by the same monstrous reasoning that once defended slavery.
Christopher Dickey
World News Editor
Published
Dec. 6 2015
8:31AM EST
Christopher Dickey
World News Editor
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