The NRA once supported Gun Control

[syringis]

[Wounded Bear]

1. Yeah, I'm pretty sure back then the NRA had a melanin clause...

for their 2d Amendment rights.

[syringis]

3. Well, it amazed me when I saw this

I wanted to say something in the OP but couldn't articulate a sentence reflecting my thoughts.

Skeptical could be my second name...

So I wonder how much sincere was Frederick. NRA leaders have been powerful almost from day one. I can't believe Frederick couldn't impose his will if he really wanted a strict control...

Looks more like a public announcement never meant to be applied...

[Moostache]

2. Just another example of this country's dead soul...

Hell, this shit hole is so far gone it's not worth listing all the ways we lost the plot...

[loyalsister]

4. As did Ronald Reagan

He was a big supporter of waiting periods. I agree with him here. It seems to me that an urgent impulse to buy a gun should be a red flag.

Named for Jim Brady, this legislation would establish a national seven-day waiting period before a handgun purchaser could take delivery. It would allow local law enforcement officials to do background checks for criminal records or known histories of mental disturbances. Those with such records would be prohibited from buying the handguns.

And, since many handguns are acquired in the heat of passion (to settle a quarrel, for example) or at times of depression brought on by potential suicide, the Brady bill would provide a cooling-off period that would certainly have the effect of reducing the number of handgun deaths.

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/29/opinion/why-i-m-for-the-brady-bill.html