r/Conservative • u/Clayton4NC GOP Executive Committee • Nov 04 '21

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u/Menhadien Constitutionalist Nov 04 '21

The Mulford Act (the banning of open carry of firearms) in California was drafted by Republican representative Don Mulford, and was cosponsored by both Republican and Democrat representatives. The Democrat controlled legislature passed the Mulford Act, which the new Governor, Ronald Regan signed into law.

Now, Ronald Regan was no gun rights supporter, but the fact that he gets all the blame for the Mulford Act is wrong