6. Some of these "rifle clubs" would oh-so-coincidentally hold drill meetings at a polling place on election day. Totally by chance. Right.
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7. So black voters responded by arming themselves, as seen here. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/ABL5152.0001.001/435?rgn=full+text;view=image …pic.twitter.com/Qt17ZYM8YB
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8. Today, not hard to find ev. that open carry activists will push for right to carry at polls. Some already have.http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2014/11/pelham_voter_wearing_holstered.html …
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9. And a July 2014 article in
@nytimes suggests local courts could erode boundaries to guns at polls.http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?_r=1 …1 reply 2 retweets 1 like -
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10. Point being, important to call out Open Carry not ONLY as evidence of ludicrous racial double standard. ...
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11. … but ALSO as potentially anti-democratic "militarization of politics" uncomfortably reminiscent of the late nineteenth century.
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12. Many elements already in place: election monitors, erosion of Voting Rights Act. Radical Open Carry activists would add guns to mix.
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13. But if you're looking for good news,
@TexasTribune report says the "movement" is still a circular firing squad. http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/08/parade-open-carry-bills-exposes-divide-ranks/ …1 reply 2 retweets 1 like -
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14. PS, here's the source of the image of armed black voters, which also appears in Hahn, Nation Under Our Feet: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/ABL5152.0001.001/435?rgn=full+text;view=image …
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@wcaleb If only that were the case! I could retire!
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