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Conservative diplomat [[Condoleezza Rice]] of the [[George W. Bush]] Administration, who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the midst of white supremacist mob violence, opposes [[gun control]] laws due to the role of the [[Second Amendment]] in ensuring the protection of her family from terrorists. Rice's childhood friend Denise McNair was among the murdered victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, and a family friend's home was likewise bombed.<ref name=whitaker>Whitaker, Matthew C. (March 9, 2011). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Icons_of_Black_America_3_volumes/LRfOEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bull+connor+gun+control&pg=PA753&printsec=frontcover Icons of Black America: Breaking Barriers and Crossing Boundaries], p. 753. ''Google Books''. Retrieved October 3, 2023.</ref>
Conservative diplomat [[Condoleezza Rice]] of the [[George W. Bush]] Administration, who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the midst of white supremacist mob violence, opposes [[gun control]] laws due to the role of the [[Second Amendment]] in ensuring the protection of her family from terrorists. Rice's childhood friend Denise McNair was among the murdered victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, and a family friend's home was likewise bombed.<ref name=whitaker>Whitaker, Matthew C. (March 9, 2011). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Icons_of_Black_America_3_volumes/LRfOEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bull+connor+gun+control&pg=PA753&printsec=frontcover Icons of Black America: Breaking Barriers and Crossing Boundaries], p. 753. ''Google Books''. Retrieved October 3, 2023.</ref>
According to Rice, mandatory gun registration would have resulted in Connor confiscating her family's firearms.<ref name=whitaker/>
According to Rice, mandatory gun registration would have resulted in Connor confiscating her family's firearms.<ref name=whitaker/> She elaborated in a 2018 appearance on [[The View]]:<ref>Crookston, Paul (March 1, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/condoleezza-rice-explains-why-defends-second-amendment/ Condoleezza Rice Explains Why She Defends the Second Amendment]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved October 4, 2023.</ref><ref>Ernst, Douglas (March 1, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/1/condoleezza-rice-defends-gun-rights-on-the-view-re/ Condoleezza Rice defends gun rights on ‘The View,’ reminds hosts about ‘Bull’ Connor]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 4, 2023.</ref>
{{cquote|Let me tell you why I'm a defender of the Second Amendment. I was a little girl growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the late '50s, early '60s. There was no way that Bull Connor and the Birmingham police were going to protect you.
So when white night riders would come through our neighborhood, my father and his friends would take their guns and they'd go to the head of the neighborhood, a little cul de sac, and fire in the air if anybody came through I'm sure if Bull Connor had known where those guns were, he would have rounded them up. So I don't favor some things like gun registration.|||Condoleezza "Condi" Rice, March 1, 2018}}
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==