Republicans say Democrats took California’s guns—but a pivotal California public-carry restriction was signed by Ronald Reagan after armed Black Panther activism reshaped the state’s gun debate.
Tre examines the Mulford Act, the Black Panthers’ legacy, the racialized fear embedded in America’s gun politics, and the state-by-state patchwork that lets a person carry in Texas or Louisiana but strips that public-carry permission away in California or New York.
This is not an argument for no gun laws. It is an argument for rights, responsibility, due process, and a national gun-safety framework that does not turn responsible people into criminals simply for crossing a state line.
