Janus was a Roman god depicted as having two faces

The Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill which repealed a law allowing public carrying of loaded firearms. It was named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford, and came about because Black Panthers marched on the California State Capitol.

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense was a small community organization based in Oakland, California that believed that black Americans should exercise their constitutional right to defend themselves against an oppressive U.S. government.

When California lawmakers decided to strip them of that right, and the Black Panthers wanted to tell the U.S., and the world, that they found this unacceptable, they marched on the California state capitol.

Obviously, the Black Panthers were exercising their Second Amendment right to bear arms when they took this action.

The bill was signed by Republican California Governor Ronald Reagan.

When he became president, Reagan began to change his mind, and began to actively encourage 2nd amendment rights to keep citizens safe from the despotism that could be enacted by government, the very same thing that African Americans had been hoping to achieve in the 1960’s when he had instead endorsed the Mulford Act.

At the time, the NRA supported this act.

The Black Panthers had been patrolling their communities to protect against rampant racism in policing by carrying guns openly in compliance with California law, driving around their neighborhoods, and observing arrests and other law enforcement activity.

Even though they did not encourage violence, but were committed to using force only if it was used against them, the mere presence of armed Black men patrolling their communities while bearing arms was unacceptable and a bit scary to white authority figures.

It should be noted that members only carried one rifle apiece and weren’t walking arsenals that we see open carry advocates being today when they walk in front of mosques, or act as the saviors and protectors of malls and coffee shops.

Police escorted the Black Panthers out of the capitol building, and Bobbie Seale, a founding member of the Panthers made this statement:
“Black people have begged, prayed, petitioned, demonstrated, and everything else to get the racist power structure of America to right the wrongs which have historically been perpetuated against black people. All of these efforts have been answered by more repression, deceit and hypocrisy. As the aggression of the racist American government escalates in Vietnam, the police agencies of America escalate the oppression of black people throughout the ghettoes of America. Vicious police dogs, cattle prods, and increased patrols have become familiar sights in black communities. City Hall turns a deaf ear to the pleas of black people for relief from this increasing terror.”

They were then arrested on felony charges of conspiracy to disrupt a legislative session.

Seale accused them of manufacturing “trumped up charges”.

Mulford’s legislation passed with the support of the National Rifle Association.

In 1989 Reagan said,
“I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home defense, but I do believe that an AK-47, a machine gun, is not a sporting weapon or needed for home defense”

Yes, Mulford Act was 1967 and our attitudes have changed since then, and we should not severely compare the past to the present, but if we compare the present to the present, we can see that there is a different reaction to a group of White men parading around a neighborhood, a mall, or near a mosque is more accepting and the reaction weaker than if this was done by even a small group of Black men doing the same.

In 1999 Wayne LePierre testified on the importance of background checks.
“We think it’s reasonable to provide mandatory instant background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere, for anyone.”

This was in response to the shooting at Columbine.

A mass shooting followed by a statement supporting background checks issued by the NRA was acceptable, while the very thing that the conservative, pro-their own and convenient interpretation of the Second Amendment politicians done by President Obama is condemned.
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But times have changed, and gun manufacturers have found that if their allies and puppets keep saying, “Obama is coming for your guns”, they can increase their sales.

In 2013, Wayne changed his tone and now claims,
“It’s a fraud to call it “universal”, it’s never going to be universal. The criminals aren’t going to comply with it. They could care less. We ought to quit calling it a universal check, the real title ought to be the check on law abiding people all over this country.”

But as far as it being a check on law abiding citizens, if they are law abiding citizens, why would they object to a background check.
What are they afraid might show up.

I guess that’s why we should get rid of all laws, even ones as simple as speed limits because there will always be those who disregard those laws and will speed.

Why require driver licenses, driving tests, and car insurance?

Certainly there will be some people who will drive without those. And, since there will be those who ignore those laws, why have them?
For safety sake at airports our bags are checked. Obviously this also applies to those of us who do not have bombs in our luggage, so why would I object to my carry-on going through an X-ray machine unless I have something in there that I don’t want anyone to find.

Reagan spoke about a 15-day waiting period and background bill he signed in California during a 1989 speech, and in 1991 he announced his a support for the national Brady Bill.

“Named for Jim Brady, this legislation would establish a national seven-day waiting period before a handgun purchaser could take delivery. It would allow local law enforcement officials to do background checks for criminal records or known histories of mental disturbances. Those with such records would be prohibited from buying the handguns.
While there has been a Federal law on the books for more than 20 years that prohibits the sale of firearms to felons, fugitives, drug addicts and the mentally ill, it has no enforcement mechanism and basically works on the honor system, with the purchaser filling out a statement that the gun dealer sticks in a drawer.
The Brady bill would require the handgun dealer to provide a copy of the prospective purchaser’s sworn statement to local law enforcement authorities so that background checks could be made. Based upon the evidence in states that already have handgun purchase waiting periods, this bill — on a nationwide scale — can’t help but stop thousands of illegal handgun purchases.”

During a 2004 presidential debate, when running for re-election, George W Bush said.
“I believe law abiding citizens ought to be able to own a gun. I believe in background checks, at gun shows, or anywhere to make sure guns don’t get in the hands of people that shouldn’t have them.”

He also said,
“We ought to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them. That’s why I’m for instant background checks at gun shows. I’m for trigger locks. I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun. I also believe that the best way to make sure that we keep our society safe is to hold people accountable for breaking the law. If we catch somebody illegally selling a gun, there needs to be a consequence. The federal government can help.”

My, have things changed.

Open carry was fine under Reagan until Blacks openly carried.

The idea of background checks was a great idea under Gorge Bush. Second Amendment supporters let him slide when he said the above.

The National Guard was called in to Ferguson, Missouri, when there was a chance that Blacks might be carrying guns, but no one seemed to have a problem when militia members showed up with them. They were left alone.

And now coming full circle after 50 years, when the New Black Panthers began to patrol Black neighborhoods in Texas after Whites began parading around those same neighborhoods carrying guns, the Conservative Tribune declared that the Black group carrying guns is “alarming” and that “these guys don’t even get the slightest bit of attention.”

Why should they be alarming or given special attention when they are doing the very thing the Conservative Tribune says is the way it should be?

It’s the Janus affect.

In Reagan’s name. Amen.