THE DAILY FUDD: E120: "(TDF 28 addended) The ultimate minimalist expression of the Second Amendment."
Below is a reproduction of TDF 28 -- "A fudd set that should appeal to both sides--plus having a 'political' symbolism" -- with one paragraph in red added. --------------------------- In the 1970s, the clear focus of gun control advocates was banning handguns. Long guns received little attention beyond what had been done in the 1968 Gun Control Act and the movie, The Deadly Tower about the 1966 University of Texas shooting. Normal criminality--not concerns about "militias," terrorism or insurrection, or the rare mass shooting--seemed to be the genuine focus. Even as late at 1988 and the infamous "Sugarmann Memo," some circles put long gun controls as simply political steps to handgun control. This is no longer the case. The "Black Rifle Craze" that started in the early 1980s ended up completely flipping that picture. Aside from magazine capacities, most typical-configuration handguns have been left virtually untouched by "a...