If Africans were armed, they would have never been taken as slaves! (weapons, terror)

[smittyjohnny38]

Just remember that all you folks that love the idea of gun control.

[Cavaturaccioli]

[JordanJP]

Africans WERE armed, just not with guns. They didn't need firearms to terrorize the British, or the French, or the Dutch, or the Germans.

Many slaves were actually POWs from tribal warfare and were sold into slavery by other Africans.

[lifelongMOgal]

I think this thread fits into the "well, duh!" category. Apparently the OP doesn't understand the entire purpose of the 2nd Amendment is to allow the people to protect themselves from a tyrannical government.


Allen West: "Every American should have to go out and buy a Glock 9mm" - YouTube

[cuebald]

They were armed. These were tribesmen who hunted for a living.

Many of the natives who were sold to the slave traders were captured in battle by their rivals. However, if the ship wasn't full, the traders would force the sellers on board as well as the men and women they had just purchased from them.

This was in pre-iron age Africa, and their stone weapons were no match for Spanish swords and Portuguese warriors. They were, however, armed.

[Huckleberry3911948]

the continual writing of fiction pieces to replace actual history is disappointing. the community really needs to be a bit more faithful to the truth.

[chucksnee]

Originally Posted by cuebald

They were armed. These were tribesmen who hunted for a living.

Many of the natives who were sold to the slave traders were captured in battle by their rivals. However, if the ship wasn't full, the traders would force the sellers on board as well as the men and women they had just purchased from them.

This was in pre-iron age Africa, and their stone weapons were no match for Spanish swords and Portuguese warriors. They were, however, armed.

Originally Posted by JordanJP

Africans WERE armed, just not with guns. They didn't need firearms to terrorize the British, or the French, or the Dutch, or the Germans.

Many slaves were actually POWs from tribal warfare and were sold into slavery by other Africans.

I do believe this is called "owned."

[GrandviewGloria]

No, if they'd had guns, they'd just have sold captured members of other tribes, surplus children, etc., into slavery.

Oh, wait.... That's what they did anyway. Oh, well...

[smittyjohnny38]

Originally Posted by chucksnee

I do believe this is called "owned."

Really. The gentleman just admitted that Africans weren't armed with guns.

[to570717]

Native americans were armed and still they were raped......Being armed helps but being grossly out numbered is key to asymmetric warfare.