I never understood how the 68 GCA passed muster in the courts, with it's "Sporting Purpose" exception. I knew even then that the 2nd Amendment was not for sporting purposes, but that seemed to be a carrot to entice hunters to go along with the law. Somehow they duped a large segment of gun owners into believing that the 2nd Amendment was for deer rifles.
In fact I recall some major hunting mags even supported gun control for non-sporting weapons like "Saturday Night Specials." I wrote scathing letters to the editor of those mags and dropped my subscriptions.
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Jim
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"That rifle hanging on the wall of the working class flat or laborer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there."
- George Orwell
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