All that changed on June 5, 1968 when Bobby Kennedy was murdered.
The news media and politicians led a massive anti-gun, anti-hunting campaign in which it was decided that anything manly like shooting was BAD, BAD, bad.
The feminization of the American Male began that year, and has never let up.
Good point.
Notice how it is only a genuine tragedy of cosmic proportions - according to the commiedia - when a leftist icon is assassinated?