Stephen King's comment on semi-automatics..

[jimmy the one]

44. who's who in gun talk?

micaelS: Nixon hated guns. Said he would to ban them all if he could get away with it, but the hunters would not let him.. Just more proof Nixon was an evil prick.

I never heard that Nixon wanted to ban all guns? do you have a link? or did you misspeak & mean only handguns?

Nixon expressed opposition to measures that would go beyond banning handguns. He asked rhetorically: What do they want to do, just disarm the populace? Disarm the good folks and leave the arms in the hands of criminals?
.. shooting of Sen. John Stennis (D-Miss) Jan 30, 1973... On the day of the shooting, Nixon.. At least I hope that Saturday night special legislation, at least we're supporting that, you know. We're not for gun control generally, but we are for that. God damn it that ought to be passed. Or was it passed?
... Nixon: Let me say, personally, I have never hunted in my life. I have no interest in guns and so forth. I am not interested in the {NRA}or anything from a personal standpoint. But I do know that, in terms of the Congress, what we need is a precise definition which will keep the guns out of the hands of the criminals and not one that will impinge on the rights of others to have them for their own purposes in a legitimate way. http://millercenter.org/ridingthetiger/nixon-supported-gun-control

1969, ..Richard Nixon what he thought about gun control. "Guns are an abomination," Nixon replied.. he favored making handguns illegal and requiring licenses for hunting rifles."

Then how about Ronald Reagan, a flip flopper?: wiki: The Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill which repealed a law allowing public carrying of loaded firearms. Named after Republican Mulford, the bill garnered national attention after the Black Panthers marched bearing arms to protest the bill. The bill was signed by Repub Calif Gov Ronald Reagan and became California penal code.
Reagan .. "I support the Brady Bill," March 28, 1991, "and I urge the Congress to enact it without further delay."

micael: The Authoritarian mindset is not limited to the Right .. there are plenty of people on the Left who want to ban things "for the greater good" or because "it is for people's own good".

So what was Reagan then, a leftie for awhile?

Republican mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York City, whose administration sued 26 gun manufacturers in June 2000, and whose police commissioner, Howard Safir, proposed a nationwide plan for gun licensing, complete with yearly "safety" inspections