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Sell Your Cloak, Buy A Sword

January 17th, 2011 | 23 Comments

In 1991, former President Reagan threw his support behind the Brady Bill – a relapse on his Mulford Act stance which disallowed Californians from carrying guns in cars, or public places.  It was George H.W. Bush who banned the import of assault weapons and paid homage to the 1968 Gun Control Act which stated that guns must “be generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.”  Reagan’s conversion to gun control may have had something to do with his being shot by Hinckley or because his press secretary Jim Brady (for whom the bill is named) was shot beside him.  Originally the idea was that if Hinckley had been forced to go through a background check prior to buying his gun, the psychological red flags would have … Read entire article »

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