Hugh Damright:
Off hand, no pun intended, I don't know how Southern Senators and or Congressmen/women voted on GCA'68 or NFA 1934. It might be interesting to dig into though.
You also asked the following, "What Southern State do you believe would elect someone like Feinstein, Lautenberg, Boxer, Schumer, and so on? I hope you don't think Virginia has fallen so far as that!".
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To be honest, I cannot say, though I would hope that none would. By the way, I grew up and lived for many years in NYC. Left there in 1967, over a city gun registration ordinance. I also have lived and worked in 20 some odd states, including Virginia, North and South Carolina and Louisania. I've seen some odd laws in some of the Southern states, including as I remember in South Carolina or was it North Carolina, one that spoke to/of the melting point of materials that might be used in gun making, a stipulation that might have eliminated certain guns from legal sale there.
You also noted, "No, it is harder to repeal a law than it is to pass it. And that law was not something that Virginians wanted, it was pushed and pushed on us by national forces. But it's not as if I want to move to New Jersey or California so that I can have more gun rights."
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As I recall, the then governor seemed to be a great fan of one gun a month idiocy. Seems like he might have been unaware of the ATF multiple sales reporting requirement. As to it being pushed by national forces, there were some things "pushed by national forces" that Southern states, rightly or wrongly, resisted for many, many years, which leaves me wondering as to why Virginia folded on this bit of business. I have no answer to that question though. As to repeal of any legislation, anywhere, that is a difficult proposition, for repeal of enactments is tantamount to the admission of error, isn't it? Seems that there aren't all that many elected things willing and or able to admit error. In conclusion, I would certainly NOT expect you to move to either California or New Jersey, throw in New York and or Mass. also, to enhance your gun rights. After all, I left NYC, as above mentioned. I moved to California in 1967, lived there for about three years, then overseas. California, in those days, was different from what it is today. In-so-far as gun laws go, it most certainly hasn't improved.
JayCee:
Possibly that "right case" hasn't come along, or perhaps the USSC continues to duck the issue. I sometimes wonder as to exactly what it might be that would constitute that now and then mentioned "right case". Possibly or likely a lot more complicated a question that I can answer, though possibly interesting to think on.
Off hand, no pun intended, I don't know how Southern Senators and or Congressmen/women voted on GCA'68 or NFA 1934. It might be interesting to dig into though.
You also asked the following, "What Southern State do you believe would elect someone like Feinstein, Lautenberg, Boxer, Schumer, and so on? I hope you don't think Virginia has fallen so far as that!".
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To be honest, I cannot say, though I would hope that none would. By the way, I grew up and lived for many years in NYC. Left there in 1967, over a city gun registration ordinance. I also have lived and worked in 20 some odd states, including Virginia, North and South Carolina and Louisania. I've seen some odd laws in some of the Southern states, including as I remember in South Carolina or was it North Carolina, one that spoke to/of the melting point of materials that might be used in gun making, a stipulation that might have eliminated certain guns from legal sale there.
You also noted, "No, it is harder to repeal a law than it is to pass it. And that law was not something that Virginians wanted, it was pushed and pushed on us by national forces. But it's not as if I want to move to New Jersey or California so that I can have more gun rights."
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As I recall, the then governor seemed to be a great fan of one gun a month idiocy. Seems like he might have been unaware of the ATF multiple sales reporting requirement. As to it being pushed by national forces, there were some things "pushed by national forces" that Southern states, rightly or wrongly, resisted for many, many years, which leaves me wondering as to why Virginia folded on this bit of business. I have no answer to that question though. As to repeal of any legislation, anywhere, that is a difficult proposition, for repeal of enactments is tantamount to the admission of error, isn't it? Seems that there aren't all that many elected things willing and or able to admit error. In conclusion, I would certainly NOT expect you to move to either California or New Jersey, throw in New York and or Mass. also, to enhance your gun rights. After all, I left NYC, as above mentioned. I moved to California in 1967, lived there for about three years, then overseas. California, in those days, was different from what it is today. In-so-far as gun laws go, it most certainly hasn't improved.
JayCee:
Possibly that "right case" hasn't come along, or perhaps the USSC continues to duck the issue. I sometimes wonder as to exactly what it might be that would constitute that now and then mentioned "right case". Possibly or likely a lot more complicated a question that I can answer, though possibly interesting to think on.