Nixon on 1972 tape a gun-control booster
‘Can’t we go after handguns, period ?’
Posted: March 10, 2013 at 6 a.m.
Richard Nixon holds a presidential news conference at the White House on June 29, 1972, during which he said he’d sign legislation banning cheap handguns known as Saturday night specials.
WASHINGTON — Few presidents in modern times have been as interested in gun control as Richard Nixon, of all people. He proposed ridding the market of Saturday night specials, contemplated banning handguns altogether and refused to pander to gun owners by feigning interest in their weapons.
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