The first gun laws restricting private citizens were dictated by the British Empire against American colonists. The Empire wanted only the military to have weapons of self defense.
The next wave of anti guns laws in the US took place after slavery was abolished. The laws, passed by Southern legislatures, prohibited Afro-Americans from owning firearms.
The next big wave of anti gun laws, which we are still in the middle of, started in the mid 1960s.
Why?
Yes, we had a number of assassinations, but they´ve been proven to be government conspiracies (JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King, etc.)
The hysteria against private gun ownership begin when Afro-Americans started using firearms to protect their civil rights.
That´s the history behind these laws.
The first gun laws restricting private citizens where dictated by the British Empire against American colonists. The Empire wanted only the military to have weapons of self defense.
The next wave of anti guns laws in the US took place after slavery was abolished. The laws, passed by Southern legislatures, prohibited Afro-Americans from owning firearms.
The next big wave of anti gun laws, which we are still in the middle of, started in the mid 1960s.
Why?
Yes, we had a number of assassinations, but they´ve been proven to be government conspiracies (JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King, etc.)
The hysteria against private gun ownership begin when Afro-Americans started using firearms to protect their civil rights.
That´s the history behind these laws. - See more at: http://www.2ndamendmenttv.com/videos/history/the-secret-history-of-gun-control-and-the-civil-rights-movement-of-the-1960s.html#sthash.wWFIVw9l.dpuf