How is it that America had pretty much a gun for every citizen for the first 150 years, carried openly/sold to anybody, and yet only with the dawn of American liberalism did an armed populace pose a threat to anyone but criminals?
Yup. It’s a mystery...
The original idea was to disarm blacks so the military arm of the Democratic party would lynch them with impunity.
I think with all the recent problems, that could very well make a suprising comeback.
Back in the early 70s I was pulled by a State Trooper for doing 60 in a 45 speed zone. I got out my car, he got out of his. We met at the back of my car. he asked, may I see your driver's license, tag receipt and proof of insurance? I replied you can. I got my wallet out of my back pocket, opened it to show him my license. He said, will you remove them from your wallet, please? I did, and said, my tag receipt and insurance card in in the glove compartment, I have my gun in there too. You want to walk with me over there [the right side of the car]to get it. He replied no, just go over there and get them and bring it back to me. After I got my ticket, we talked for maybe 30 minutes and among other things he said was, before I was a policeman, I carried a gun in my car too. His behavior was typical of all the police where I was raised. It is not now, but it is the people's loss. now, a Plant City Policeman is the only one I would dare approach, ask a question, or just start a normal everyday conversation.