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The act prohibited the interstate shipment of pistols and revolvers to individuals, but it specifically exempted rifles and shotguns from any regulations. With the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968, the groundswell of support for tough gun control laws reached unprecedented levels.
6 Οκτ 2023 · IN 1968, after five years of debate on firearms control, Congress passed a Gun Control Act designed to "provide support to Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials in their fight against crime and violence."' This paper reports on an effort to study the impact of the Gun Control Act on
21 Οκτ 2022 · Gun Control Act of 1968. This Legislation regulated interstate and foreign commerce in firearms, including importation, "prohibited persons", and licensing provisions.
House Resolution 17735, known as the Gun Control Act, was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 22, 1968 [11] banning mail order sales of rifles and shotguns and prohibiting most felons, drug users, and people found mentally incompetent from buying guns.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for better control of the [H. R. 17735] interstate traffic in firearms. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati'ves of the United States of America in Congress assenwled, That this Act may ^Q"* be cited as the "Gun Control Act of 1968". TITLE I—STATE FIREARMS CONTROL ASSISTANCE
25 Οκτ 2018 · A historian explains how the U.S. was able to enact a federal gun control law in 1968, and why such a law would be hard to pass today.
THE GUN CONTROL ACT OF 1968. WILLIAM J. VIZZARD* For three decades, the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) has formed the legal core of national gun policy in the United States.
