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House Resolution 17735, known as the Gun Control Act, was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 22, 1968 banning mail order sales of rifles and shotguns and prohibiting most felons, drug users and people found mentally incompetent from buying guns.
Oct 21, 2022 · Gun Control Act of 1968. This Legislation regulated interstate and foreign commerce in firearms, including importation, "prohibited persons", and licensing provisions. Assassinations and Gun Control.
Oct 25, 2018 · A historian explains how the U.S. was able to enact a federal gun control law in 1968, and why such a law would be hard to pass today.
The act prohibited the interstate shipment of pistols and revolvers to individuals, but it specifically exempted rifles and shotguns from any regulations. With the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968, the groundswell of support for tough gun control laws reached unprecedented levels.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for better control of the [H. R. 17735] interstate traffic in firearms. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati'ves of the United States of America in Congress assenwled, That this Act may ^Q"* be cited as the "Gun Control Act of 1968". TITLE I—STATE FIREARMS CONTROL ASSISTANCE
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Gun Control Act of 1968. Pub. L. 90-618, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1213. Short title, see 18 U.S.C. 921 note
The Government can help protect its citizens against the random and the reckless violence of crime at gun point. We have come here to the Cabinet Room today to sign the most comprehensive gun control law ever signed in this Nation's history.
