Gun Control Act of 1968

Introduction Gun control has been a topic of debate in our country since before the creation of the Declaration of Independence. So much so, the individual liberty of the right to bear arms was implemented into the Bill of Rights as the second amendment. The implementation of this individual liberty wasn’t to suggest that any citizen of the United States can own or obtain a gun and therefore later federal and state laws were implemented to regulate ownership. Even so, there are an…

3, 1 man was found dead, 1 man was hospitalized, and 1 man was injured. This event occurred at the Sacramento Community College in California. Some people believe that events such as this still would have occurred if their was Gun Control. Some believe that with Gun Control events like this would never have happened. On September 3, 2015, the Sacramento Community College went into lockdown for two hours because of an that had occurred on campus earlier that day. There was a verbal argument…

The gun control debate has started to raise a lot of attention in the past couple of months among American citizens. The debate is over whether or not there should be stricter laws preventing people to own guns. There should be tougher laws because there is not any structure with gun control. There have been multiple shootings in the news involving guns, and people want answers. The laws that have been created in the past and present, people being injured or even killed, and the president not…

Biting the Bullet: Gun laws in the US vs Australia and Canada Gun reform is a rather controversial topic that has captured my interest. I grew up with a marine vet and a swat medic for a father, so it’s safe to say I know a thing or two about a gun and its uses for protection in the force and combat field. It wasn’t until recently that I was made aware of how it feels to be on the other-side of the chamber. My nine-year-old sisters biggest fear used to be getting coal in her stocking or not…

that it is an individual’s right to possess a gun for lawful use such as self protection in their home. The National Firearms Act of 1934 mandated that all people who engaged in the business of selling weapons and people who owned weapons such as machine guns, short-barreled shotguns, and silencers register with the Collector of Internal Revenue and pay taxes for the firearm transfer. The Gun Control Act of 1968 imposed restrictions on sales of guns and ammunition across state lines, imposed…

of Pro-gun control proponents was to call for a ban on guns and to eliminate gun ownership by the public. I believe eliminating gun ownership to the public will not prevent criminal violence or mass murder. If we take a look at the individuals committing violent crimes, we find that criminals and the mentally unstable are the major contributors to these offenses. However, according to the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968, criminals and the mentally unstable are not permitted to purchase guns…

issue are vehement in their position, whether they are for or against gun control. Despite what side of the issue someone is on, the problem of gun violence needs to addressed. Every day in the United States people are shot and killed by fire arms; sometimes out of anger, accident, or suicide. In the United States guns are a common culture acceptance, however not all countries share our view. In the article "Finland Defends Gun Laws,"writer Jari Tanner has a graph sourced from, "Small Arms…

Do you know anything about gun-control other than what the media has told you? In 1971 the second Amendment was ratified in the United States Constitution. The second Amendment is there to protect the right of the people to bear arms. It is also there to give the people the means to take back a tyrannical government and rebuild it how the people see fit. Since the early 20th century the United States government has been trying to institute different types of gun control at the federal level. In…

In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson passed the gun control act. It was much different than other laws in different countries, which made it a bit of a problem. In my opinion, I feel as if we need more strict gun control laws. It’s too dangerous to go without them currently, especially in such an advanced era. Gun control is a weird thing to explain, as many people have different ways to describe it. Gun control is the set of laws that regulate the sale, transfer, and possession of guns. …

People from both ends of the political spectrum despise guns in such a way that they believe taking away guns from law abiding citizens will make the world a safer place in which to live. Others contend that, in many cases, making it easier for citizens to own guns will discourage criminals from attacking others. In order to find the solution to this ongoing debate, we will look into the history, statistics, and general facts about how gun control affects crime…