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DeezerShoove » Yesterday, 6:30 pm » wrote: ↑

Yesterday, 6:30 pm

So do-gooder assholes prohibit alcohol...
People, of course, do NOT stop drinking.

Opportunity to make money creates criminal organizations big and violent enough to warrant-
    you guessed it:  The National Firearms Act.

Prohibition is mercifully repealed and, of course, the National Firearms Act is not.
Shades of the Commerce Clause, folks (probably the most misused set of laws and regs out there).

You summed it up fairly well.  However, part of the anti-alcohol movement was rooted in anti-immigration.  Alcohol consumption and drunkenness was associated with the "trouble-making" Germans, Irish and Italians. I'm not saying any of this is true, just the perception at the time.

I am as anti-NFA as anyone. Coupled with the Hughes Amendment, it is the single-most infringement of the 2nd Amendment.