The 1980’s was a great time to be a gun guy. (Photo provided by author.)
December 02, 2025
By Will Dabbs, MD
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It’s tough to imagine today, but there was a time when Californians could walk out of a gun shop with a semiauto Chicom AKM and a handful of 30-round magazines cash-and-carry. Like the proverbial boiled frog, encroachments upon our 2nd Amendment rights have been insidious and relentless. It is illuminating, therefore, to roll the wayback meter to the 1980’s and remind ourselves just how far we’ve fallen.
The Lay of the Land
Ever since 1934, guns have...
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