All those years, 1962-1985, they told us they ONLY wanted to register and ban handguns. “Rifles and shotguns will not be affected!”
Then they went after rifles.
The antigun movement really revved up after the JFK assassination. First, it was about banning “mail order murder” as LBJ called it. Then GCA-68 act passed but only because of the RFK & MLK assassinations. Three liberals, BTW.
First handguns...then “assault weapons”. Making mental health a factor in controlling gun ownership is the most insidious attempt yet; it invites Soviet-style arbitrariness over who gets to decide who is mentally ill.
The tide is always coming in...
The appropriate response to Schumer is:
“The right to own and bear firearms is guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution.” If you wish to deny or limit a right the Constitution provides for an amendment process. I suggest if you are serious about denying citizens their rights you begin working through the amendment process.”