Historical vs. hysterical Sound off on Danny Glover's claim Second Amendment's origin was to protect slaveholders, fight Indians He's right – I've hear that before Clearly, the Second Amendment – like so much in American history – is racist Considering the threat of slave revolts or Indian attacks at the time, citizens would have demanded the right to defend themselves -- Glover's on to something Since we don't have slave rebellions or Indian attacks any longer, the Second Amendment has outlived its usefulness Between Danny Glover and Mel Gibson, it's hard to decide which "Lethal Weapon" actor says the looniest things Where do Hollywood leftists get their crazy ideas? How much did Texas A&M pay Glover to speak at the college and spout such nonsense? Glover would be quite happy to have Obama's government holding all the guns to prevent the rest of us from revolting To a racist, everything is racist The Second Amendment is what protects Glover's First Amendment right to say silly things The right to be armed to defend yourself is your natural right as a free person -- those denied their natural rights are properly called slaves Other View Results Loading ...