The chronicles of gun control within America is an extensive and vast journey that extends across the past one hundred years. The history of gun control is first seen being implemented back in 1934 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted the National Firearms Act of 1934, which was the commencement of any regulation and control over firearms. Furthermore, this enactment made all purchases of a weapon at the time to be archived in a national registry and imposed a $200 tax on the sale of firearms, which at the time included; machine guns, and sawed-off shotguns. President Franklin D. Roosevelt continues his progression of gun control later in 1938 when he introduces the National Firearms Act of 1938, which was requiring gun dealers in America to have a valid license to sell the weapons. In addition, the enactment of the National Firearms Act of 1938 also made the prohibition of firearms to convicted felons and individual under indictment.
The evolution of gun control continues in 1968 when the assassinations of a multitude of prolific public officials takes place. President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr, and Robert Kennedy all murdered at the hands of a firearm which in turn sparked the gun control debate once …show more content…
Furthermore, congress was strenuously harassed until the ratification of Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986. The law confines the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to abide by specific regulations that prohibits them to investigate gun dealers more then once a year, unless the dealer has received multiple violations. The following year an amendment was passed that banned all fully automatic weapons manufactured after May 19, 1986. Firearms that were manufactured before this timeframe were not affected by the
The evolution of gun control continues in 1968 when the assassinations of a multitude of prolific public officials takes place. President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr, and Robert Kennedy all murdered at the hands of a firearm which in turn sparked the gun control debate once …show more content…
Furthermore, congress was strenuously harassed until the ratification of Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986. The law confines the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to abide by specific regulations that prohibits them to investigate gun dealers more then once a year, unless the dealer has received multiple violations. The following year an amendment was passed that banned all fully automatic weapons manufactured after May 19, 1986. Firearms that were manufactured before this timeframe were not affected by the