I remember 1962-1985 when handguns were reviled and rifles were blessed by the MSM.
In the 1970s, many TV shows including ALL IN THE FAMILY had an episode in which Meathead declared rifles to be good and constitutional by the Miller decision of the SCOTUS, but handguns not so.
Then rifles were suddenly BAD beginning in 1986.
Just like all of the "climate scientists" claimed industrial emissions would trigger a global ice age in the 70s ...