Ouch...
That damnable 55 speed limit was a piece of work too.
I agree, Nixon gets WAY TOO MUCH CREDIT from our side for being a so-called ‘conservative’, given his WAGE AND PRICE CONTROLS, the EPA, the original Clean Water Act, the original Clean Air Act, selling out Taiwan, and God knows what else.
But I have to admit, I didn’t know he was a GUN GRABBER also.
...and for all his Leftist actions, what did it get him at crunch time? The Dems were NOWHERE TO BE FOUND regarding support of him, and the Republicans were likely sick of him siding with the Dems all the time.
Probably about that same time that Governor Reagan pushed for the outlawing of open-carry in California, and later signed it.