When NRA favored gun control

[kairos12]

https://www.history.com/news/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act

snip:
In contrast to the NRA’s rigid opposition to gun control in today’s America, the organization fought alongside the government for stricter gun regulations in the 1960s. This was part of an effort to keep guns out of the hands of African-Americans as racial tensions in the nation grew. The NRA felt especially threatened by the Black Panthers, whose well-photographed carrying of weapons in public spaces was entirely legal in the state of California, where they were based.

So much for consistency.

[SoonerPride]

1. If African Americans were widely open carrying AR15

They would go back to wanting to keep them from owning them.

[meow2u3]

2. Gun control has more to do with controlling minorities

than it does white men. It's the racism, stupid!

[SYFROYH]

3. I thought you were going back to 2007

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nra-democrats-team-up-to-pass-gun-bill/

NRA, Democrats Team Up To Pass Gun Bill
JUNE 13, 2007 / 12:16 PM / CBS/AP

After 52 years in Congress, John Dingell knows it sometimes takes a "rather curious alliance," such as between the National Rifle Association and the House's most fervent gun control advocate, to move legislation.

That's what took place Wednesday when the House, by voice vote, passed a gun control bill that Rep. Dingell, D-Mich., helped broker between the NRA and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y