Although, there are people that agree the law will help citizens feel safer with less guns around because of the mass shootings and terrible crimes committed around them. …show more content…
In 1934 all the way to 1938, Roosevelt passed new laws to the legislation by putting more criminal penalties along with regulations and taxes on machine guns and shot guns. This was all brought to attention because of the bloody gun violence by Al Capone and Bugs Moran. In 1968 President Johnson signed the next big gun reform law. After the 2 deaths of John. F Kennedy, and Martin Luther King. Lee Oswald was the killer of John F Kennedy and received his weapon through the mail. The bill introduced stricter licensing, the refusal to sell to felons and strong restrictions on interstate sales. In 1985 Ronald Reagan signed the Firearm Owners Protection Act. Which prohibited the creation of firearms but allowed gun owners to pass through states with strict controls. Their weapons had to be locked up and unloaded. Bill Clinton signs a new act in 1993 that requires federally licensed dealers and background checks on all clients. This source is reliable because it's a news website and was updated …show more content…
He wants to have the FBI help out with the background checks to be more effective and efficient. He thinks putting a crack down the on illegal trafficking will also help with people who would carry around firearms without a licence. Many of the crimes that have happened in the US was mostly done by people who were felons or mentally disabled. Obama believes funding the mental health associations will help people stay in the health care and receiving the care they