'The View' hosts clash over Second Amendment: 'Designed to protect slavery' or 'cornerstone' of America?
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"The View's" Sunny Hostin and Meghan McCain showed cleared differences in their beliefs concerning the Second Amendment Friday as the two co-hosts' views clashed in a segment discussing gun violence in America.
"I think it’s a cultural problem and … for decades the NRA has pushed legislation that not only supported a lot of gun ownership and the proliferation of guns, but also stifled the study and spread of information about the causes of gun violence," Hostin said after co-host Joy Behar asked what she thought was at the heart of "America's gun problem." "I'm reading an incredible book called 'The Second' by professor Carol Anderson, and she describes that … the right to bear arms was designed to protect slavery because our founding fathers, and others, wanted to be able to empower a local militia group to basically put down a slave revolt and protect plantation owners," Hostin added.More Related News