dalegribble
said:
gun control history
1927-mail order gun ban-Calvin Coolidge republican
1934-national firearms act FDR democrate
1938-federal firearms act FDR democrate
1968-gun control act LBJ democrate
1972-BATF created Richard Nixon republican
1986-armed criminal act Ronald Reagon republican
1990-crime control act HWBush republican
1994-brady act Clinton democrate (Brady republican)
1994 AWB Clinton democrate
1998 NICS Clinton democrate
looks to me there is no clear party that will protect gun rights, even GW sent troops and independent contractors to NO to confiscate guns during Katrina. private ownership of guns is not in the best interest of the establishment and both partys are the establishment.
The intellectual dishonesty in this is almost worthy of it's own thread. I'm sure many others will pick up some I miss but I'll get started with Reagan as I remember those days and don't have to rely on research from days before I lived. I'll leave that to those more knowledgeable then I in legal history to address.
Reagan returned to Congress WITHOUT his signature the PROPERLY named "Armed Career Criminal Act" which was more a crime bill then a gun control one but did have being armed (although in a criminal act) mentioned. He DID NOT APPROVE OR SIGN THIS LEGISLATION. To quote the memorandum ver batum........
Memorandum Returning Without Approval the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984
October 19, 1984
I am withholding my approval from H.R. 6248, the ``Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984.''
This legislation would generally enhance the penalties under existing law applicable to a felon who has been convicted three times in a United States or State court of robbery or burglary and who receives, possesses, or transports firearms.
Although I certainly support the aims of H.R. 6248, I note that identical provisions were contained in the Administration's ``Comprehensive Crime Control Act,'' which I approved on October 12, 1984, as part of P.L. 98 - 473. That legislation -- marking the culmination of much hard work and effort on the part of members of my Administration and the Congress -- is the most comprehensive revision of Federal criminal statutes to be enacted in many years.
Inasmuch as H.R. 6248 merely duplicates existing law, it is unnecessary. Accordingly, I decline to approve it.
Ronald Reagan
The White House,
October 19, 1984.
Further you failed to mention The Firearm Owners' Protection Act (FOPA). BIG omission. It all but reversed the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968 except for the 11th hour Hugh's Amendment that the DEMOCRAT Congress inflicted upon it. BIG OMISSION. FOPA was a big reversal in gun control and this was AFTER Regan was shot.
To attempt to make Regan look anti-gun was truly dishonest.
As for the Brady bill, that JIM Brady was a Republican and therefore the Brady bill was Republican legislation is downright deceit. Either that or flat ignorance. SARA, not Jim was behind this legislation. Jim is severely brain damaged and was a PRESS SECRETARY not a legislator in any way shape or form. Sara Brady is definitely NOT a Republican and is virulently anti-gun. The Brady bunch is to ANTI gun rights what the NRA is to pro-gun rights.
Bush Senior's crime bill is anti-gun rights how? Here's a quickie summary:
In the US, the Crime Control Act of 1990 was approved on November 29, 1990. This various titles of this Act include provisions relating to the following: 1) international money laundering; 2) child abuse; 3) child pornography; 4) kidnapping, abducting, or unlawfully restraining a child; 5) the protection of crime victims; 6) funding for local law enforcement agencies; 7) funding for federal law enforcement; 8) rural drug enforcement assistance; 9) mandatory detention for certain criminals; 10) juvenile justice; 11) penalties for use of certain firearms during the commision of a crime; 12) improvements in miscellaneous criminal law; 13) disability benefits for public safety officers; 14) money laundering; 15) drug-free school zones; 16) miscellaneous amendments to the federal judicial and criminal codes; 17) general provisions; 18) grants for correctional options; 19) control of anabolic steroids; 20) asset forfeiture; 21) student loan cancellation for law enforcement officers; 22) firearms provisions; 23) chemical diversion and trafficking; 24) drug paraphernalia; 25) banking law enforcement; 26) licit opium imports; 27) sentencing for methamphetamine offenses; 28) drug enforcement grants; 29) prisons; 30) shock incarceration (prison boot camps); 31) bankruptcy and restitution; 32) appropriations for law and drug enforcement agencies; 33) anti-drug programs; 34) support of law enforcement; 35) technical and minor substantive amendments to the federal criminal code; 36) federal debt collection; and 37) national child search assistance (for missing children).
Another crime bill pawned off as gun control legislation it seems. More intellectual dishonesty or ignorance.
The Coolidge and Nixon are beyond my first hand knowledge but like I said, others with more legal acumen can address those.
Bottom line turns out the actual facts, Democrats are far far more prolific at gun control. And it's not just a possibility or scare tactic, the two Democrat candidates that are still in contention (Edwards isn't going to get it unless there is a natural disaster at a debate and he's the only survivor) have PROMISED it. When a candidate PROMISES something it's a bit more then likely they will pursuit it. Note the last 3 line items in the quoted post, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton.