The US Congress has created laws regarding gun regulations and the Supreme Court has ruled on several cases. The National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 was the country's first major federal gun control legislation. The law required the registration of certain firearms, imposed taxes on the sale a...
The article explains that on the federal level, 15 years have passed since gun legislation has been stressed. Topics include debates surrounding personal gun ownership and control, gun control laws in place in various states, and a police unit in Washington, D.C., that seizes illegal guns. ...
The 1963 assassination of President John Kennedy — which was committed with a mail—order rifle — and the subsequent assassinations of Martin Luther King and Senator Robert Kenndey in 1968, led Congress to pass additional legislation. The Gun Control Act of 1968 added many restrictions on who...
No other gun control legislation can have prevented the disaster that had to happen in Connecticut or Colorado. Each event had a mentally incomplete person involved in the massacres, and we have laws for these types of people. Also, more gun regulations would stop violent crimes in the U.S...
Also on Thursday, a committee in the House approved along the party line a package of gun control legislation, a response to the recent mass shootings, but U.S. media consider it likely to die in the Senate, as The New York Times said, "fierce Republican opposition during the committee ...
Gun control via fiat! Submitted by admin on January 10, 2014 - 3:12pm. Obama Proposes Massive Gun Ban by Regulation Fiat GOA prepares legislation to block implementation In a “Friday media dump” designed to conceal its actions by releasing them after the press has left town, the Obama ...
Democrats in Congress are calling for more gun control legislation following the tragic mass shooting in Boulder, Colo., with some prominent members of the party calling to push legislation through by ending the Senate filibuster. The nation was horrified Monday after 10 people, including veteran po...
Withno clear pathfor gun control legislation in Congress, the umbrella organization has in recent monthspressured major corporations, such asTarget,Chipotle,StarbucksandFacebook,to tighten their individual policies on guns. The initiative launched Monday signals the group’s expansion into politics. ...
(Maguire 60). Later in the 1930’s president Roosevelt tried to pass legislation on gun regulations, but they were defeated in congress. Calls for gun control have usually followed major and highly publicized crimes and attacks involving guns, such as the assassinations of John and Robert ...
US politicians appear to address the gun violence issue. On June 25, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), a legislation praised by US bipartisan lawmakers and mainstream media as "the first major gun safety legislation passed by Congress in nearly 30...