When? My memory isn't what it used to be.
****It sucks, but we have lived through this kind of thing before.
When? My memory isn’t what it used to be. ****
Post 1968 after that travesty the 1968 Gun Control Law was passed.
http://stores.polytechparts.com/-strse-template/importban/Page.bok
On May 26, 1994, President Clinton announced the renewal of Most Favored Nation trading status for the People’s Republic of China. At the same time, however, in light of “continuing human rights abuses” in China, he announced certain trading sanctions against that country. One of the sanctions was a ban on the importation of munitions from China.....Customs subsequently advised its field agents that the embargo was effective as of May 28, 1994, and that all permits for importing arms from China had been rendered null and void. On June 27, 1994, BATF advised companies holding permits to import munitions from China that the embargo became effective on May 28 and that their permits were revoked as of that date. Congress subsequently enacted legislation that ameliorated the effect of the ban by providing that it would not be enforced with respect to shipments that, as of May 26, 1994, were in a bonded warehouse or foreign trade zone, in port, or in transit to the United States.
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/06/assault.weapons/
During a Rose Garden press briefing with uniformed police officers on hand, President Bill Clinton mentioned two specific weapons, the AK-47s manufactured by Russia, China and other nations, and the Uzi, an Israeli-made weapon. Such weapons, the president said, are not needed for deer hunting or skeet shooting.
Clinton said he was issuing the order based on the finding of a review prepared by the Treasury Department, the parent agency of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
“That is why our administration has concluded that the import of assault weapons that use large-capacity military magazines should be banned,” Clinton said.
The AK-47 and the Uzi, he said, “are military weapons, weapons of war. They were never meant for a day in the country, and they are certainly not meant for a night on the streets. Today, we are working to make sure they stay off our streets.”
As I said, “It sucks, but we have lived through this kind of think before.”