The Target of Gun Control 30 Years Ago

**eyecanshoot** · October 17th, 2017, 09:13 AM

I found this little treasure in my attic earlier this year. I figured that now would be a good time to share this with others.

Thirty years ago the anti gun mission was to ban easily concealable handguns. They apparently thought concealed carriers were the greatest threat to our nation. They wanted to ban the tools that millions of Americans carry everyday to defend themselves and their families.

In recent years their aim has shifted towards banning semiautomatic rifles and their accessories. Somehow rifles and their parts are now the greatest threat to society.

The most obvious conclusion would be that they want to ban all firearms. In my opinion they appear to be opportunistic snakes in the grass. They don't go after the greatest threat but instead they go after the easiest prey. Whatever they can demonize the most at any given time is what they will push to be banned.

It's no coincidence that they are now targeting bump fire stocks. It is what they view as having the greatest odds of success. Most 2A supporters don't really care about them and the anti gun crowd have learned over the decades to follow the path of least resistance. History clearly shows that they will never stop trying to ban firearms in any form even if they do occasionally move the goal posts.

**Krichardson** · October 17th, 2017, 09:23 AM

Did those papers belong to the previous owners of your home?

**eyecanshoot** · October 17th, 2017, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by Krichardson

Did those papers belong to the previous owners of your home?

Yes. They were pro 2A and most likely kept them to document past gun control efforts. I found the letter with a bunch of material from the NRA that I haven't yet looked through.

**Krichardson** · October 17th, 2017, 09:46 AM

Interesting,does that organization still exist?

**eyecanshoot** · October 17th, 2017, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by Krichardson

Interesting,does that organization still exist?

I was told by another member here that they eventually became or merged with the Brady Campaign.

**P89** · October 17th, 2017, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by Krichardson

Interesting,does that organization still exist?

AKA the Brady campaign.

**streaker69** · October 17th, 2017, 11:13 AM

Why does the typed signature say "Nelson Shields" and the signed one say "Pete Shields"?

Nelson died in 1993: http://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/27/ob...-advocate.html

Interesting...

Mr. Shields had been an executive of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company for 26 years when his son, Nelson 4th, was shot and killed in San Francisco in 1975, a victim in a series of racially motivated killings of whites by four blacks that came to be known as the Zebra killings.

Apparently the guns did the killing.

**Kramer** · October 20th, 2017, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by eyecanshoot

Thirty years ago the anti gun mission was to ban easily concealable handguns.

In recent years their aim has shifted towards banning semiautomatic rifles and their accessories.

Sorry dude, but they have been trying to ban semi auto rifles for a full thirty years. Yes we have been dealing and fighting this crap since the mid 1980s. Plus they had the focus on concealable handguns too.

**God's Country** · October 20th, 2017, 07:22 PM

I remember those days. Every concealable handgun was dubbed a "Saturday Night Special". They would display some POS wheel gun, and say it was designed to fire only a few rounds before it kaboomed. Then of course lumped every handgun, like all snubbies, into the same sentence. Imagine those dangerous j-frames owned by every LEO of the day being taken off the street.