Sean Casten on Nostr: The NRA opposed open-carry in CA and got a bill signed in to ban the practice in 1967 ...

The NRA opposed open-carry in CA and got a bill signed in to ban the practice in 1967 under then Governor Ronald Reagan. It wasn't because they realized they'd gone too far. It was because black people were open-carrying. https://www.history.com/articles/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act