LOL! And Hubert Humphrey was a big time 2nd supporter. Who knew. Uh, I did. Yeah, I’m THAT old that I remember it. YIKES!
That was in a taped conversation and it may have been what he privately thought... but publicly he never pushed any gun control measure, though he did indicate he would sign a “Saturday Night Special” law if it came to his desk.
1962: We ONLY want to register handguns! Rifles and shotguns will not be affected!
1964: We want to register ALL GUNS! and ban the import of 5 shot bolt action army surplus rifles.
1968: We demand the registration of ALL FIREARMS, and a ban on foreign Saturday night specials and army surplus rifles (They got this ban).
1971: We demand a BAN on all SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIALS!
1976: We demand a ban on ALL HANDGUNS! Long guns will not be affected!
1981: The NRA is a RIFLE ORGANIZATION! They should give up their handguns and they can keep their rifles!
1986: We DEMAND a ban on semi-auto rifles and shotguns!
1993: They got a 10 year ban on new military style rifles.
2000: We demand a ban of single shot .50 cal rifles!
They are never satisfied, ever!
Interesting. What was George McGovern’s position on gun control in 1972?