[Oatka]

I remember the good old days before the 1968 Gun Control Law!

Sigh. Me too. Back in the late '50s, early 60s I lved in NYC, bought, on separate occasions, an Australian .310 Martini Cadet and a 45 Danish Rolling Block rifle from Ye Olde Hunter in California. They came wrapped in newspaper and wired to a piece of 1x6x5 board with no problems.

Sigh redux. In that same NYC, I could put my Mossberg Model 144 .22 in a rifle case, get on a bus and ride downtown to a rifle range when working on my NRA badges. Nobody ever raised an eyebrow or said a word.

Both instances show how far we have deteriorated.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***I could put my Mossberg Model 144 .22 in a rifle case,***

I’ve got a Mossberg model 42 mb .22 army training rifle I bought for $18 dollars in 1964! No paperwork but magazines now cost more than the rifle did!