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To: sense who wrote (157496)	5/6/2020 9:00:40 AM
From: ggersh	Respond to of 217749

Hmmmmm let's see Mulford Act The Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill that repealed a law allowing public carrying of loaded firearms. Named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford, and signed into law by then governor of California, Ronald Reagan, the bill was crafted in response to members of the Black Panther Party who were lawfully conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods, in would later be termed copwatching. Wikipedia huffpost.com In October 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale formed the Black Panther Party for Self Defense as a small community organization based in Oakland, California. Its members — including the 30 people who would travel to Sacramento the following May — believed that black Americans should exercise their constitutional right to defend themselves against an oppressive U.S. government. At the time, California lawmakers were trying to strip them of that right, and the Black Panthers wanted to tell the U.S., and the world, that they found this unacceptable. Shortly after Seale finished, police arrested the group on felony charges of conspiracy to disrupt a legislative session. Seale accused them of manufacturing “trumped up charges,” but the protesters would later plead guilty to lesser misdemeanors. Mulford’s legislation, which became known as the “Panthers Bill,” passed with the support of the National Rifle Association, which apparently believed that the whole “good guy with a gun” thing didn’t apply to black people. California Gov. Ronald Reagan (R), who would later campaign for president as a steadfast defender of the Second Amendment, signed the bill into law. Although the May 2 demonstration failed to sway lawmakers into voting against the Mulford Act — and may have even convinced some of them that such a measure was necessary — it did succeed in making the Black Panthers front-page news. Headlines ran above evocative photos of armed black protesters, many wearing berets, bomber jackets and dark sunglasses, walking the halls of the California Capitol. And the American public’s response to that imagery reflected a nation deeply divided on the issue of race.

To: sense who wrote (157496)	5/6/2020 9:47:01 AM
From: Lazarus	2 Recommendations Recommended By ggersh Sawdusty Respond to of 217749

Don't know where you're from, but I'm a native Californian This article might help you. Open carry was legal until armed Black Panthers protested Now there are some folks that confuse the Mulford act with California Penal Code 26350. The difference being the penal code 26350 allowed you to open carry provided that the firearm you were carrying was unloaded. As someone who used to have a California Carry Conceal permit, a fair amount of training to go with it, and friends in law enforcement, I can assure you this is not total bullshit. The only part of what I said that I would consider even possibly debatable would be the position of the NRA on the matter. Here's a couple of good reads on that: . This one from the History Channel The NRA Supported Gun Control When the Black Panthers Had the Weapons . . And this one from Time When the NRA Supported Gun Control