Conspiracy Theories

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The reality is that the only gun control laws passed in the USA came after the Black Panthers exercised their very real right to bear arms. Freaked racist americans the fuck out. Only time the USA has been able to enact gun control legislature.

I just want you to know this isn't true. Even the Gun Control Act of 1968 which is typically cited as this was in response to the MLK/RFK assassinations and other events. And that law was hardly the only gun control legislation ever passed by Congress, for one thing it was an addition to the National Firearms Act of 1934. Much like the Brady Law signed by Bill Clinton in 1993 that's more colloquially known as the assault rifle ban. (Despite not banning assault rifles, that's what they claimed it would do even though they knew it wouldn't.) The GCA of 1968 didn't even ban any guns and was supported by the NRA because it only regulated firearms dealers who dominated the NRA of the time.
It's a confusion with laws that were passed in California when Reagan was governor that did explicitly respond to the Black Panthers standing around in public with rifles. Reagan's presidential bids were threatened by this until he made a mea culpa. The most ironic thing is that he apparently meant it as he could have easily done something after being shot but chose not to.

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