I think some of you may be too young to know the original meaning of the term.
In the 50's I remember the term being applied to a cheap gun, usually a revolver like an RG, that was so cheap you could pick one up cheaper than a bottle of good liquor. If things got rough in the parking lot of your favorite juke joint, you could use it and drop it in the river on your way home, and pick another up Sunday for a couple of bucks at the bootlegger's.
It was a derisive term for a gun, and was never applied to quality guns just because they were easily concealed.
As much as I liked
Lynyrd Skynyrd, I took exception to that song.
I've always despised that term. Especially when you realize that the gun grabbers hung that handle on any inexpensive firearm that was small and easily concealed. They wanted to ban handguns and thought an initial campaign against these firearms wouldn't be too unpalatable to gun owners. Especially if they thought the move was to disarm minorities and the poor.
Gun owners proved to be just a little more progressive than that, however, and didn't take the bait. They understood that if they stood silent while other citizens were denied their Second Amendment Rights, they'd be next.
Although I don't own any "pot metal" pistols, I do own a 2" barreled revolver or two.
Actually, it was worse than that. There was one movement that attempted to lump ALL, small, concealable handguns under the name of Saturday Night Special. It was based on size criteria, NOT price or quality.
Walther PPK's and S&W Chiefs Specials were included.
Just a typical anti-gunner movement to outlaw some guns if not all.
Most of the guns shown above are NOT Saturday Night Specials unless you use the modern, progressive, anti-gun definition.
In today's political climate, we WON'T be giving the antis any excuse to think we agree with their definition in ANY way!
