Another measure we can use to judge the Gipper is how many gun control bills he signed into law as president. None, I believe.
Another conclusion: At best, Reagan was not above playing politics . At worst, maybe he had his own elitist streak. If so, He kept it sufficiently suppressed for eight years.
If memory serves he signed the Machine gun import ban of 1986.
The Gipper signed the ban on MGs made after 1986.
Considering the express purpose of the 2nd Amendment, that’s the most outrageous ban of all.