Gun Control & RKBA

Have to consider at the time, both represented competitive shooters that did ISSF and Olympics and did not represent the working or middle classes.
Some have to do with racism and fear of immigrants, which is why Canada passed their strict handgun licensing laws in the 1930s. This was also an era when any of the BoR, outside of maybe the 10th, was respected as much as it should be. Protesting against the draft was actually a crime.

Have to remember also, that this was in reaction to a president and NRA life member being murdered. Have to consider too, the Black Panthers had a negative reputation. Kind of like the dim bulbs like Open Carry Texas, they scare and piss people off. Kind of like flag burning, nobody gets the point because you just scared the shit out of them or pissed them off.

Today's NRA is less elitist and more grassroots than at that time. There is a lot of side effects of the 1977 convention that I think was unfortunate, but nothing I could do about that. The NRA isn't really the big player. Local grassroots groups and the Second Amendment Foundation does most of the work. BTW, pro choice people can learn a lot from SAF.

Of course, none of those provisions violate the second amendment and helped protect US companies like Winchester. In fact, the US manufacturers supported the restrictions on imports.

BTW, the KKK also supported strict gun laws in the 1920s and were instrumental in getting UBC passed in Michigan, Missouri, and North Carolina as well as restrictions on concealed carry in other states. Like I said, there was no prohibition lobby at the time. Also, Margret Sanger was a racist and hung out with fans of eugenics. Should I base my opinion of today's PP and birth control/abortion based on that? I don't, and I don't think you do either.

This seems to be a plug for Adam Winkler's book. I haven't read it, and I don't know the primary source documents he based it on. It may or may not be accurate, and given Winkler's activism a doubt it, but all of this is an irrelevant red herring.

I'm not comparing a firearm to reading a book. It was about sentence structure an what the sentence means.