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2. ?????? I believe that Django--the "D" is silent was set in the mid 1800's. The 2nd Amendment
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 07:04 AM
Jan 2013

was ratified around 1791. The 2nd Amendment points to a belief that the U.S. Patriots were to be armed against further English tyranny and sedition. Also I'm wondering how a fictional movie created in 2012 could successfully point to the reason for adoption of a Constitutional Amendment centuries before. Other than the occasional uprising I don't think that there were significant fears in the south regarding slave rebellions in the mid 1800's. By this time the southern slave owners were fully armed and prepared for the next Nat Turner. You make a very broad leap in tying an 18th Century law to 19th Century acts--as if the federalists predicted a century before that in the coming century the salves would turn rebellious. When in fact, that was not part of their thinking in adopting the 2nd amendment. There may be lessons learned form watching a fictional movie about slavery--that the 2nd amendment was created to curb slave rebellions is not one.

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