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Sunday, March 8, 2015

Do You Have Access to Congressional Record Vol. 65?

There is an apparently Bloomberg-worthy quote from Se. Shields (D-TN) in 1921 arguing for what became the Mailing of Firearms Act of 1927:
65 CONG.REC. 3945 (Mar. 11, 1924).

I would love to find the original.

3 comments:

  1. Spend a few bucks with the library of Congress for some Xeroxes? Do they do that?

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  2. Archive.org has it.

    That quote does not appear to be on page 3945, though there is a letter from Shields asking for such a ban on shipment.

    There is a quote on 3946, about "we, the dominant race, on whom depends the enforcement of the law", calling for shame on lawmakers because of the high rate of murdered black people.

    I think someone was playing a little loose with their paraphrases.

    (I do like how further down he disparages pistols ... in favor of a sawed-off shotgun loaded with buckshot, as "far more deadly and surer".

    Times are different, for sure.)

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  3. Thanks. Shields doesn't sound quite as bad, but still assumes blacks can't be trusted with handguns.

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