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Originally Posted by Tribesman
Name one state that has even proposed attempting to ban all guns.
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No state legislature has tried to ban all guns, but members have tried to bring it up. Georgia tried to ban most handguns as far back as 1837. This seems to have been more of a racial thing, as one of the provisions was barring any gun ownership to free blacks. That said, DC has tried to ban all handguns, and you always have to worry about what might slip by.
If you think I'm being a reverse alarmist, maybe you should read what gun-control advocates have said on the subject.
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcnobody.html
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Even the brady bunch don't do that.
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Like any political organization, Brady has to put on a public face that doesn't always reflect its real goals. Individual members are a little less subtle.
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We'll take one step at a time, and the first is necessarily - given the political realities - very modest. We'll have to start working again to strengthen the law, and then again to strengthen the next law and again and again. Our ultimate goal, total control of handguns, is going to take time. The first problem is to slow down production and sales. Next is to get registration. The final problem is to make possession of all handguns and ammunition (with a few exceptions) totally illegal
-Nelson Shields, Handgun Control (later Brady Campaign) Founder
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