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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.
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."'
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.
8 Δεκ 2017 · The federal Gun Control Act of 1968 specified nine categories of people who were disqualified from obtaining or possessing firearms, including those convicted of or under indictment for a felony. In adopting the Lautenberg Amendment in 1996, Congress added a new category: those with a misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence.
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.
Two primary federal statutory regimes govern the transfer, sale, and possession of firearms: the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA, 26 U.S.C. Chapter 53) and the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA, 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44), as amended. The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is the principal agency ...
