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Who Has the Right to Bear Arms?

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by Laura Thompson There is a great parallel between felonies and open carry.  The system is changing.  There is a lot of blatant acts of violence that have risen I'd say over the past 4 to 5 years.  A system of unspoken slavery has lifted it's ugly face again in America...the prison system.  There have been countless excused murders of mostly African American men across the country and accountability is almost nonexistent. There is a rise of police brutality targeted towards young African American women.  There are examples of violence and murders across the country that is sending a message of fear in African Americans that many of us thought we had overcome.  This message of fear shakes the soul of many people, not just African Americans. The land of the free and the land of opportunity is going through a transitional, transformation and transferring of power like none of us have witnessed in this lifetime.  With the passing of the open carry law in Texas and the right