Bloomberg Business: Democrats Have Been Trying To License Gun Owners Since 1968
By Ammoland
By AWR Hawkins
Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- When he President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Gun Control Act of 1968, he signed a bill a that did not contain two of the items he wanted most–licensing requirements for all gun owners and registration for every gun in the country.
LBJ responded to the omission of licensing and registration with words that proved to be a template for how Democrats would use mental illness as a springboard from which to push gun control in the 21st century.
He said, “If guns are to be kept out of the hands of the criminal, out of the hands of the insane, and out of the hands of the irresponsible, then we must have licensing.”
And, according to Bloomberg Business, it was LBJ who began to single out an enemy in the debate–to speak in a way as to try to make it seem that the people really wanted gun control, but the evil “gun lobby” was denying the peoples’ choice. LBJ said,;
“The voices that blocked these safeguards were not the voices of an aroused nation. They were the …Read the Rest
Source:: AmmoLand
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