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The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA or GCA68) is a U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and firearms ownership.
21 Οκτ 2022 · After the assassinations of President John Kennedy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Gun Control Act is passed and imposes stricter licensing and regulation on the firearms industry, establishes new categories of firearms offenses, and prohibits the sale of firearms and ammunition to felons and certain other ...
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.
21 Νοε 2023 · The Gun Control Act of 1968 is legislation that regulates the interstate and foreign trade in firearms, as well as their importation, issuance of firearms licenses, and persons who are...
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.
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
13 Δεκ 2021 · The main objectives of this Act were to eliminate interstate traffic in firearms and ammunition; deny access to firearms to minors, convicted felons, and persons who had been committed to mental institutions; and enact prohibitions on the importation of firearms “with no sporting purpose.”
