I think it happened when GCA '68 was passed in direct response to the assassination deaths of three people, all of whom were considered liberal icons: JFK, MLK, and RFK.srothstein wrote:Thinking about this, it does raise an interesting point. How did 2A rights become a conservative position? What is it that makes this conservative and not liberal? After all, liberals are generally for more freedom and individual rights (witness the ACLU).
Somehow that made gun control a litmus test of "liberal legitimacy".