I was going through some old gun magazines today and came across a copy of GUNS from January, 1974. There was an article on the latest proposal to ban and confiscate all handguns. The proposal was from the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards, and had been sent by Donald Santarelli, LEAA administrator, to Elliott Richardson, Nixon's Attorney General. Both men were extremely anti-gun, and the report stated that the target date for a total ban on manufacture and possession of handguns, except for police and military, would be January 1, 1983.
Needless to say, some of the commission members had described themselves as "sportsmen" and "supporters of the Second Amendment." All, of course, had sworn to preserve and protect the Constitution.
Well, a funny thing happened to that handgun ban. It didn't happen. That does not mean that those people (the ones still alive) and others like them don't still want to ban handguns; in fact they have now added "assault rifles", semi-auto rifles and shotguns, pump shotguns, and even bolt action repeating rifles to the "search and destroy" list. It seems very unlikely that such fanatics will achieve their goals now, or in the foreseeable future, but they will keep trying.
But it was good to read of a gun ban plot that failed, even though supported by some very wealthy and powerful people.
Jim
Needless to say, some of the commission members had described themselves as "sportsmen" and "supporters of the Second Amendment." All, of course, had sworn to preserve and protect the Constitution.
Well, a funny thing happened to that handgun ban. It didn't happen. That does not mean that those people (the ones still alive) and others like them don't still want to ban handguns; in fact they have now added "assault rifles", semi-auto rifles and shotguns, pump shotguns, and even bolt action repeating rifles to the "search and destroy" list. It seems very unlikely that such fanatics will achieve their goals now, or in the foreseeable future, but they will keep trying.
But it was good to read of a gun ban plot that failed, even though supported by some very wealthy and powerful people.
Jim
