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RAZZA E ARMI: COME GLI AFROAMERICANI HANNO INFLUENZATO LA REGOLAMENTAZIONE DELLE ARMI NEGLI U.S.A.

di Laura Corti^*

Even though the right to bear arms was probably a legacy of the English tradition imported to the New World, during the two centuries that separate the first settlements to the adoption of the Bill of Rights America developed its own sensibilities: the history of the right to bear arms in the US is “a history based on English tradition, modified by the American experience, and a history that was sharply influenced by the racial climate in the American colonies” (R. J. Cottrol, T. R. Diamond, The Second Amendment: Toward an Afro-Americanist Reconsideration). American settlements were threatened by many dangers, and one of the biggest reasons that led them to put such emphasis on the importance of being armed was race: in fact, attacks from the indigenous population and the need to maintain social control over blacks were matters that led to the creation of an armed militia made up of white adult males. Continua a leggere→