Ronald Reagan entered the 1980
presidential campaign as a supporter of the Second Amendment and its
right to
keep and bear arms. In a
Guns
and Ammo magazine issue in 1975, Ronald Reagan wrote:
In my opinion, proposals to
outlaw or confiscate guns are simply unrealistic panacea.
His
ideology was that violent crime would never be eliminated, with or
without gun control. He was in favor of laws that targeted those who
misuse firearms. He added:
The Second Amendment leaves
little, if any, leeway for the gun control advocate … the right of
the citizen to keep and bear arms must not be infringed if liberty in
America to survive.
Over the past 6-12 months, shortages of some calibers such as 7.62 used in the popular AK-47 semi-automatic weapon have been alleviated somewhat via massive imports of Russian production. That is about to change. The largest wholesale gun & ammo distributors in the US have informed us in private conversation today that a massive scramble is on for all 7.62 as Russia has reportedly halted all exports to the US of Russian made ammunition. Our distributor source informed us that yesterday they had several hundred thousand rounds of Russian made 7.62 TulAmmo, and after receiving word early today on the halt of Russian exports to the US,they have been completely wiped out of every last round in the past 10 hours!
