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As I recall, didnt Reagan promised at the beginning of his presidency, to veto any gun control law that hit his desk???? - the oppositite of what bush said.

Of course, Reagan signed Volkmer-McClure in 1986, which could be the worst gun control act ever passed, since it denies all future generations of Americans the right to keep and bear modern rifles of the type borne by troops in our standing army. (Limits select fire weapons to pre-1986 technology, with 1 gun for each 1000 "citizens.")

I guess I forgot about that provision, but most of the rest of the bill was good wasnt it? I think Reaganalso thought it was a pro gun bill, esp about allowing citizens to be able to travel with guns. I dont own any machine guns, and dont want one, but I do travel with guns, so Volkmer-McClure has benifited me so far.

Of course, Reagan signed Volkmer-McClure in 1986, which could be the worst gun control act ever passed

True, but the bill also contained lots of good stuff. Like taking the wind out of the BATFs sails, for a while at least, like removing the recording of every "handgun" ammunition sale (including all .22 rimfire), removing the prohibition on buy ammunition interstate w/o a FFL, and probably most importantly, prohibiting states and localitis from charging you with a crime, for merely transporting an unloaded and locked away firearm accross their jurisidiction, even if you didn't intend to *be* in their jurisdiction. The machine gun ban was a last minute, literally, addition to the bill. If the President had a line item veto, he might have vetoed that part. (In any event, it merely awaits the proper interpretaion of the wording to return to the previously existing arrangement, even though what is being enforced is the intent of the Clymer that offered that amendment, rather than what the law actually says)