Sometimes it only takes a single misstep to lose an election.
“Read my lips - no new taxes.”
Yes I was young and perhaps foolish. I’m not sure if it was Bush Sr. raising taxes, or that he lied to me.
Trump was not always a strong supporter of 2nd Amendment rights. Of course, Reagan wasn’t either.
Trump better stay strong on the 2nd.
Nancy Reagan strong armed President Reagan into supporting gun control.
His 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act did repeal some of the provisions of the 1968 Gun Control Act, but only those that had already been deemed unconstitutional.
The law contained a provision that made illegal the ownership of any fully automatic firearms not registered by May 19, 1986. This "accomplished" something even the National Firearms Act of 1934 didn't do - making ownership of automatic weapons illegal.
Reagan also came out (after his Presidency) in support of the Brady Bill and the "Assault" Weapons Ban of 1994.