You also have to consider the change in the so called culture of an area. I grew up in NYC before they had a firearms ID. My first rifle I bought mail order and even at that point most if not all of the area's colleges had rifle teams even into the 1970's. A decent number of the High Schools had rifle teams and ranges in their basements even after WWII. This was the norm but with the states going blue or say more blue this disappeared. And the active campaign against firearms went into full swing. Even in Upstate NY guns became more taboo. It has been an active campaign for over 50 years and counting. Coud it be changed back? I don't know.
I talk about this reality with my Sociology of Guns students, some of whom are from NYC, and it blows their minds. Also about current rifle teams at local NC high schools.
You also have to consider the change in the so called culture of an area. I grew up in NYC before they had a firearms ID. My first rifle I bought mail order and even at that point most if not all of the area's colleges had rifle teams even into the 1970's. A decent number of the High Schools had rifle teams and ranges in their basements even after WWII. This was the norm but with the states going blue or say more blue this disappeared. And the active campaign against firearms went into full swing. Even in Upstate NY guns became more taboo. It has been an active campaign for over 50 years and counting. Coud it be changed back? I don't know.
We have seen changes in the federal gun laws that seemed very unlikely, so maybe.
I talk about this reality with my Sociology of Guns students, some of whom are from NYC, and it blows their minds. Also about current rifle teams at local NC high schools.
Even when they get a few things right, they always get a few things wrong at the New York times
I don't think the rights and the wrongs are equal , certainly not in this case where they got it mostly right in my reading.