Well, not today perhaps.
This has been a constant battle since I was a child. Certainly been going on largely nonstop since at least 1968.
I want to say that I believe in the good judgment of the American electorate. Mostly I do.
We will not make any headway until we push back against the gains they made in 1968 and 1994. It is not enought to stop them, we must take back past infringements. We can start by REPEALING the failed Gun Free School Zones Act aka Free School Killing Zone Act.
***This has been a constant battle since I was a child. Certainly been going on largely nonstop since at least 1968.***
It started with a simple call for Federal handgun registration back in 1962 by Thomas J Dodd and Emanuel Cellar.
1962; “We don’t want to take away your guns, we ONLY want to register handguns! Rifles and shotguns will not be affected”.
1964: “We only want to register all your guns, not ban them! Only Army surplus guns will be banned.”
1968: “We only want to register your guns, and ban “Saturday Night Specials” and small foreign handguns along with army surplus rifles!” (They got the ban on 5 shot army surplus rifles and handguns and small foreign pistols)
1970: “We only want to ban Saturday night specials! Large handguns and rifles will not be affected!” There was also a call at this time to ban all private possession of ALL GUNS.
1976: “We only want to ban all handguns! Long guns will not be affected!”
1981: “The NRA should give up their handguns, and they can keep their rifles!”- Lee Grant on GMA
1984: “We must ban “assault Rifles, unsuitable or hunting!”
1989: George Bush bans import of some foreign made “assault rifles”.
1992: Assault rifle ban passed by Clinton.
2000: first calls to ban single shot .50 cal rifles...
2012 calls for MORE bans on semi auto rifles and handguns.
and so it continues.
They lied to us in 1962.
They lied to us in 1964.
TheY lied to us in 1968.
They lied to us in 1970.
They lied to us in 1976.
They lied to us in 1981.
They lied to us in 2013,
AND THEY ARE LYING TO US NOW!