Gun Control Act of 1968

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…

founding fathers wrote the bill of rights, the guns were not as deadly as the ones available today. Supporters of the Second Amendment today argue that people’s right should not be infringed on no matter what. Gun control laws should not be strengthened because there are already enough laws on the books, statistics show that gun control is not working, and more regulations only affect the law abiding. The federal government has not passed a new gun control…

questioned the legality of a lawful gun-purchaser buying a gun for another lawful gun-owner who resides in a different state and inaccurately listing that they are the actual buyer. Due to the Supremacy clause (86), it was up to the Supreme Court to make the final decision by looking further into the Gun Control Act of 1968, which was established to try and stop felons from obtaining a gun, and determining exactly what it prohibits. In 2009, Bruce Abramski bought a gun for his uncle, Angel…

Gun control is something that allows the government to intervene and control gun policies. The poor use of gun control in the United States has been the cause of multiple deaths and horrific events, thus being a major reason for gun laws to be enforced. Events such as the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting are all due to the lack of gun control in the United States. Arguments on gun laws have been taking place for years and still not one side of the argument has won (Martinez). Gun control laws…

People are not aware of the dangers that could happen or may lay ahead of them. The federal law prohibits this system, but it makes the public less safe. When the National Firearms act made there were things grandfathered over that allow extremely dangerous weapons to still be a part of the public, such as machine guns, and short- barreled rifles. The Attorney General makes decisions in regards of when weapons can be sold by who, and who the weapons can be owned by when transferring…

links these names in a prolonged chain of weakness and sorrow? All are symbols of human slaughter caused by an absence of impregnable gun control laws. While hundreds of innocent civilians continue to be afflicted by such tragedies, a large political divide remains regarding the most effective method in eradicating such incidents. Bipartisan support for stricter gun legislation is an undeniably complicated notion to achieve; however, it seems increasingly apparent that in a quest to satisfy…

In two major instances states or cities have banned handguns in an effort to alleviate violence, and were challenged by United States citizens in a Supreme Court of Law. In the case Washington D.C. vs. Heller, the firearms control regulations act of 1975 banned handguns within Washington D.C., a Federal Enclave, because in the 1970’s the city was the murder capital of the United States. Handguns were not to be sold or possessed within the D.C. area, until in 2008 when Heller challenged…

state, or local law. However, when full blind practice of this amendment is actively implemented, it becomes easier for guns to be purchased for use in illegal activity including, but not limited to: poaching, armed robbery, murder, assassination, and mass shootings. In reaction to this issue, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Gun Control Act of 1968 in order to cut down on gun related criminal activity without burdening law-abiding citizens in the purchase of firearms for legal activities…

advocates for and against gun ownership have been lobbying Congress to gain legislation in their favor for decades. Congress is at a standstill over gun issues and has voted down all proposals on gun control in the legislature. Although regulation is useless against criminals some harm can be avoided through tougher unified gun control, the American people have a Second Amendment right to bear arms, nevertheless regulators must decide who should be allowed ownership of what guns and if any…

every crime gun recovered within a geographic area or specific law enforcement jurisdiction. Questions arise if we are able to accurately analyze the data collected by gun tracing. If outliers can be identified, how might they play a role in legislation? Previous studies imply strong correlations between the distance, cost of living, and strictness of gun laws (Trace the Guns: The Link Between Gun Laws and…