NRA’s annual fete is in Indy 4/14-4/16/23. U.S. civilians hold an average of 120.5 guns/100 ppl, “the highest rate in the world by a factor of more than two.” U.S. News & WR, 1/20/23. We are the only country w/more civilian-held guns than citizens. Guns did not make us free. 1/6

After mass shootings, ppl “for” gun control (as favored by GOP Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush I and II) are told stfu, that guns won “us” freedom fr England & that we should thank guns & the 2nd Amendment. But gun nuts know little of history or Constitutional law. 2/6

1st: no quality of guns, unique to colonists, brought victory. 2nd: the British had more guns. 3ed: a lot of guns, cannon & ships that beat the British were in French hands. 4th: distance & greater costs it imposed > important than guns. 5th: British ppl were tired of wars. Beating 3/6

the Britain did not = freedom. The Constitution protected slavery. Numbers of electors & House reps were based on population including “three fifths of all other Persons.” Art. I, sec. 2, Escaped slaves had to be returned. Art. 4 sec. 2. Congress couldn’t prohibit importation “of such 4/6

Persons” until 1808. Art. I, sec. 9. Slavery ended in 1865. Before the 1787 Convention, veterans marched against the gov’t. Shays Rebellion, in the Framers’ view was what a strong central gov’t should put down. Guns were used to scare Black ppl away from voting, thru the1960s 5/6

& are used by racists today. A gun nut on Twitter said if elected I’ll "take your guns away!" I'll certainly try. 1st step vs gun violence: don’t own a gun. I’m Mark Small: anti-gun, pro-choice GOP candidate City-County Distr 2. I approve of this message. Hell, I wrote it. 6/6