With all respect, the late '50s and early '60s are a long time ago. I was thinking about more recent developments. As of today, there is almost half a billion

With all respect, the late '50s and early '60s are a long time ago. I was thinking about more recent developments. As of today, there is almost half a billion of guns in civilian possession in the US, and the # of open carry and concealed carry jurisdictions has grown massively. I would say that the lowest point for gun rights US-wide was around the Columbine school shootings, and that the trend changed quite decisively since them. Legislation like that has no chance of passing today.