March 4, 1998, the Third District Court of Appeals in California overturns crucial sections of the State of California's ban on so-called assault weapons.
Although the Court rules against the ban on the basis of the vague language of the law, the Court also says:

"Early gun control laws were directed at oppressed peoples, such as slaves and freedmen, and the politically powerless, such as immigrants and religious minorities. [lenghty citations snipped] California followed this pattern shortly after statehood by criminalizing the gift or sale of any gun to 'any Indian.' [lenghty citations snipped] Such laws presume the proscribed class is likely to engage in crime." [lenghty citations snipped]
Observation: Gun control began as an unjust, immoral and blatant denial of the Constitutional rights of minorities.

Analysis: The rationale behind today's gun control laws is that any person who wants to own a gun is a member of a class more likely to engage in crime than other classes of people.

Fact: What starts as a racist attack on one group of people ends up as government oppression of all peoples.

Case in point: The denial of the Jews' rights in Germany ended up with the loss of all rights for all Germans.

Liberty Alert: When the owner of a so-called assault weapon is denied his/her rights, your rights are in danger