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@Fatsuit Shinji you're right that I slightly misquoted Bill, but otherwise just wrong. You should try reading primary sources and talking to an old person some time. My grand dad was born in 1930 and he was a major fud. Probably 80% of gun owners his age were also major fuds. He owned one handgun and he inherited it from his older brother, who was one of the maybe 5% of people who actually did CC in the 1930s and 40s.
The middle of the 20th century was a nadir in handgun ownership and a low point in second amendment stuff in general. People lived in a high trust society and outside certain places where the culture had always been to carry weapons it became gauche to carry a gun and then prohibited. Then when all the craziness of the 60's and 70's race stuff happened and the crime rate fucking exploded. The initial reaction in most places was to make laws tighter with an eye towards selective enforcement, that quickly became universal enforcement. Then people realized that the cops weren't keeping them safe, but they would get in trouble if they had an illegal gun so things started to turn around in the 80's and 90's. Prior to the militia movement in the late 70's or early 80's there essentially wasn't even an idea of "rigth wing" political violence and the very thought of "I need the 2a to fight the government" was largely considered for Communist and insane people. One of the few favors boomers actually did us is that they were way more interested in pistols than the generation before them, beucause they all came up obsessed with westerns.
The middle of the 20th century was a nadir in handgun ownership and a low point in second amendment stuff in general. People lived in a high trust society and outside certain places where the culture had always been to carry weapons it became gauche to carry a gun and then prohibited. Then when all the craziness of the 60's and 70's race stuff happened and the crime rate fucking exploded. The initial reaction in most places was to make laws tighter with an eye towards selective enforcement, that quickly became universal enforcement. Then people realized that the cops weren't keeping them safe, but they would get in trouble if they had an illegal gun so things started to turn around in the 80's and 90's. Prior to the militia movement in the late 70's or early 80's there essentially wasn't even an idea of "rigth wing" political violence and the very thought of "I need the 2a to fight the government" was largely considered for Communist and insane people. One of the few favors boomers actually did us is that they were way more interested in pistols than the generation before them, beucause they all came up obsessed with westerns.
