Theft Act 1968

the groundwork for firearm legislation is the National Firearms Act of 1934, this law was passed “as a response to a perceived increase in the misuse of firearms associated with organized crimes” (Ludwig 350). This law focuses only on certain types of firearms, such…

The civil rights museum is magnificent. I love the fact the museum preserved the outside exactly the way it looked in April, 1968. There were cars parked in front of the motel to give a feel as if we were there on the day of his assassination and a wreath was placed where Dr. King was shot. When we got inside the museum there were posted scenes of slavery from the time it began to the time it ended. The museum was very organized with heavy security. In today’s society, I guess having enough…

Congress enacted the first three attempts into regulating the spread and abuse of guns with the banning of mail-order handgun sales 1927. Followed by the National firearms Act of 1934 that placed heavy taxing on all gangster related guns. As well as the Federal Firearms Act of 1938 that required handgun registration in States. Until 1968, Congress and the White House had little to no interest in enforcing…

check so people who are mentally ill, convicts and other people would not be able to get . In 1986, President Reagan signed the Firearm Owners Protection Act which eased the penalties from the 1968 gun control law, banned a federal registry of gun owners, and did not allow the ATF to inspect gun dealers. Also the Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act was put in place to prevent the manufacturing or importing of armor piercing rounds (often given the name of cop-killer bullets). In a…

violence, poor academic performance, and post traumatic stress disorder. “The Future of Children”, a publication produced by Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Government, argues that these negative psychological conditions make children more prone to act violently themselves, creating a perpetual cycle of…

Gun Control: Killer or Savior? In 2013, firearms committed 69% of all homicides according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s crime report “Crime in the United States 2013: Expanded Homicide Data Table 9.” Most Americans respond to this fact with the same reaction, rage, but two vastly different solutions are suggested to fix this problem. Some suggest that there be greater restrictions on gun ownership and that gun availability should be lessened. However, others are convinced gun…

Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 tried to limit some of the discrimination associated with segregation. It was discovered that even a “rising economic status had little or no effect on the level of segregation that blacks experience” (Massey and Denton 1993:87). The authors imply that “black segregation would remain a universal high” (Massey and Denton 1993:88). The problem in the continuing causes in Segregation is that even though that the Fair Housing act was place…

The Effect that Gun Violence has on our Culture Gun violence is a regular occurrence in our culture. This act of violence appears in our homes, schools, churches, and places of business. Firearms have killed more people than terrorism over the past decade. The topic of gun violence and gun control have sparked many debates on how strict one should be when doing background checks on the people who want to own a gun. There has also been a debate on mental illness and the relationship it has…

We see almost every day, news media’s spreading news about acts of terrorist groups, police and civilians misusing firearms, and announcements of innocent deaths. But how are these stories connected? Well, one of the many connections it has is gun violence. Gun violence, as many of us know, has been a controversial topic for many Americans in the past and even now in the present. So being it has been an issue for so long, it has raised questions about whether or not our country should have…

In 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act which was heavily backed by the NRA (NRA.org). The law helps protect firearms dealers and manufacturers from being held liable when crimes have been committed with the products that they specialize in. Then in 2012 after the Sandy Hook Elementary School…