Larry King claimed Wednesday that the Second Amendment was instituted to “ward off slave uprisings” and no longer has a function in the 21st century.

King, standing outside of a restaurant in Beverly Hills, California, told TMZ that he agrees with former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Tuesday that the Second Amendment should be repealed. 

“I favor changing the Second Amendment,” King said. “Yeah, repeal it.”

The former talk-show host added that he believes the Second Amendment was “poorly written.”

“You know who started the second amendment?” King then asked. “It was southern senators so they could ward off slave uprisings.”

When TMZ pushed King on whether his claim is true, he told the interviewer to “read the history.”

“That’s how the Second Amendment started,” King said. “And the NRA is the worst.”