Because RACE! It seems it did not take back then either.
And…
ZOMG! Eeeevil hollow points!
Yup, even back in 79, hollow points were the cruel “boolits” that would make buses full of orphans explode in flames by simply being in the same zip code.
By Miguel.GFZ
Semi-retired like Vito Corleone before the heart attack. Consiglieri to J.Kb and AWA. I lived in a Gun Control Paradise: It sucked and got people killed. I do believe that Freedom scares the political elites.
I remember several noted firearms instructors stating “find out what the police carry for ammo and carry that”. The logic being if ya yeet a bad guy you did it with “cop ammo”..
Boy Cinci was on the cutting edge of firearms technology. The 357 Mag has been around since the ’30s. Most police departments out west had switched to 357 Mag with hollow points by the ’50s. As a civilian I was carrying a 357 as my “woods gun” since the early ’70s.
Indeed, a few years later this was immortalized in a song produced by a local radio station:
https://youtu.be/vm3d7sdMYXs