1968.
“Today we begin to disarm the criminal and the careless and the insane. All of our people who are deeply concerned in this country about law and order should hail this day.”-— Lyndon Johnson signing the 1968 gun control act into law.
And Thomas J. Dodd, who wrote the 1968 gun control act using the 1938 Nazi Weapons Law as a pattern...
“No one can predict how many lives will be spared because of this bill, but, if the bloody record of our yesterdays is any measure, millions of future Americans will live to enjoy the promise of many peaceful tomorrows.
I am grateful to have had the opportunity to play a part in this great moment in our time.”— Thomas J. Dodd on passage of the 1968 Gun control act.
HOW DID THAT DEMOCRAT PROMISE WORK OUT FOR YOU AMERICA!
There were very few mass killings before the 1970s. I can recall three since 1949. Most mental hospitals were closed in the 1970s. When that happened mass murders took off like a rocket.
Democrats have never been interested in controlling crime or mass murders. When the 1968 Gun control law was passed it did nothing to stop crime as they were actually after the guns, as they have been since 1934.
Once they get a gun law passed they immediately start demonizing trying to ban more, and more and more.
The Democrats have been screaming for gun registration and bans since 1962.
1962-Call for Handgun registration ONLY! Rifles will not be affected.
1963-Call for registration of All guns and a ban on 5 shot army surplus rifles!
1968-Got a ban on small foreign handguns and 5 shot bolt action army surplus rifles.
1971 Call for Ban on small American handguns. “Rifles will not be affected!”
1975 Call for Ban on all handguns. “Rifles will not be affected!”
1981 Actress Lee Grant on ABC’s GMA yells...
“THE NRA IS A RIFLE ORGANIZATION! THEY SHOULD GIVE UP THEIR HANDGUNS AND THEY CAN KEEP THEIR RIFLES!”
1984 Call for ban on semi-auto rifles.
1994 Ten year “ban” on “a-s-s-ault rifles”.
2000 Call to ban single shot .50 cal rifles.
Rest assured if they get a ban on semi-auto rifles, they will be back for more, and more and more.
Doesn't matter how may lives were saved, if any or how many lives were lost because of restrictions on the right to self defense. Democrat rhetoric is never about truth. It's about saying whatever they think the easily swayed masses will believe to further their agenda. And as we've seen with such things as the EV mandate they want to strip us of all and every freedom we have and rule with an iron fist. If the Democrats had their way we would be disarmed, stripped or our ability to travel where we want, buy what we want, say what we want (look at the UK jailing people for the imaginary crime of "misgendering" some on), etc.
Democrats/anti-gunners cannot be reasoned with because they don't believe in reason or logic only the attainment of absolute power. Nor can they be bargained with because every word they utter is a lie. If lies get them closer to their goal they will lie shamelessly. (Kind of like some other group we know about).
Anyone with half a functioning brain knows that gun control just makes it easier for criminals and crazies to prey on the rest of us. Democrats don't care about that as long as we're rendered helpless for the Democrats to prey on us
Interesting that one Senator and his FOD has had his hand in so many problems:
Housing and Mortgage
Voting and Elections
Gun Control