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California's Attempts To Disarm The Black Panthers, Cynthia Deitle Leonardatos
California's Attempts To Disarm The Black Panthers, Cynthia Deitle Leonardatos
San Diego Law Review
When the Black Panthers screamed of an armed black populace on the verge of a revolution in 1966, the California Legislature responded with a gun control statute. While many journal articles have been written on the topic of race and guns, none have examined the history and motivations behind the California Legislature's decision to enact a gun control statute in 1967 for the purpose of disarming the members of the Black Panther Party. This Article examines and analyzes this particular California law to enhance the Second Amendment literature on the topic of discriminatory gun control statutes. Accordingly, Part II of …