Funny.

I’m kind of new here & don’t know whether I’m hitting a nerve or not. There are so many 2nd-Amendment fetishists I’d love to show this to, but how?

Gun control only applies to certain people.....said Ronnie Raygun.

Verrrrrrry Interrrrrestink!

from Wiki:

The Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill that repealed a law allowing public carrying of loaded firearms. Named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford, the bill was crafted in response to members of the Black Panther Party who were conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods while they were conducting what would later be termed copwatching.[1] They garnered national attention after the Black Panthers marched bearing arms upon the California State Capitol to protest the bill.[2][3][4]

AB-1591 was authored by Don Mulford (R) from Oakland, John T. Knox (D) from Richmond, Walter J. Karabian (D) from Monterey Park, Alan Sieroty (D) from Los Angeles, and William M. Ketchum (R) from Bakersfield,[5] it passed both Assembly (controlled by Democrats 42:38) and Senate (split 20:20) and was signed by Governor Ronald Reagan on July 28. The law banned the carrying of loaded weapons in public. [6]

Both Republicans and Democrats in California supported increased gun control. Governor Ronald Reagan was present when the protesters arrived and later commented that he saw "no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying loaded weapons" and that guns were a "ridiculous way to solve problems that have to be solved among people of good will." In a later press conference, Reagan added that the Mulford Act "would work no hardship on the honest citizen."[7]

Just for all the wrong reasons. Interestingly, a number of Dems voted in favor, but the parties were very different than they are today. Dixiecrats more conservative than the tea party and some Republicans more liberal than many of today's Dems. A lot has changed since the late 60's.

I was born in the 60s & barely recognize this place compared to just 20 years ago.