November 22, 1963 after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the gun control act started in USA according to some experts. But in history it goes back to 1791. The procedures towards gun control act
The gun Control Act of 1968’s purpose was to keeping firearms out of the hands of those not legally entitles to possess them because of age, criminal background, persons found to be mentally incompetent. Licensing system and specific limitations on the sale of handgun made.
The Armed Career Criminal Act 1986 increases penalties for having gun who is not qualifying to own the gun under 1968 Act. But the Law enforcement officer’s protection act bans possession of cop killer bullets capable of penetrating bulletproof clothing’s.
The Crime Control Act of 1990 impose ban on manufacturing and importing semiautomatic assaults weapons in the US ‘ Gun-Free School Zones’ are established and carrying specific penalties for violations of this law.
The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 imply prohibition on the sale, manufacture, importation, or possession of a number of specific types of assault type weapons for a ten-year period. However, on September 13, 2004, the law expired after Congress failed to reauthorize it.
In 2008 the national Instant Criminal Background Check improvement act signed by Bush administration again to imply the requirement to check gun buyers background to know if the person is mentally ill or not.
President Barak Obama signed a federal law in 2010 that takes effect allowing licensed gun owners to bring firearms into national parks and wildlife refuges as long as they are allowed by state law. Later in 2016 President Obama again called on Congress to enact or renew the law that prohibits the sale and possession of assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines after a man identified as Omar Mateen killed 49 people in an Orlando, Florida gay nightclub on June 12, using an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle.
2017 October The Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act indicates, “It shall be unlawful for any person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer or possess, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a trigger crank, a bump-fire device or any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun”.
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USA: Gun Control Acts
