From the same group that one proposed gun control laws and had a president who said “I have never believed in the general practice of carrying weapons...I do not believe in the
general promiscuous toting of guns. I think it should be sharply
restricted and only under licenses.”
In 1975, the NRA published a Fact Book on Firearms Control that
endorsed “reasonable regulation” such as a “waiting period between
purchase and delivery,” recordkeeping requirements for “manufacturers,
importers, dealers and pawnbrokers,” laws that “control all machine guns
and destructive devices,” and the enforcement of “reasonable
conditions” for those “wishing to carry a concealed firearm.”
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