[hanamizu]

“In Cases v. United States, a three-judge panel, all Progressives appointed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)...”

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It is important to remember that back then like now, ‘progressives’ were very much against the idea of citizens owning firearms. Handguns were originally included in the National Firearms Act of 1934, but were left out of the Act at the last minute.

[marktwain]

Handguns were originally included in the National Firearms Act of 1934, but were left out of the Act at the last minute.

It was the NRA and activist members, who got handguns removed from the act.

Licensing and registering all handguns was the major thrust of the NFA bill. Machine guns, silencers, and short barreled rifles and shotguns were just the consolation prizes left after the bill was gutted.