Events
Valentine's Day MassacreColt begins the first production of
the Thompson sub-machine gun
(the "Tommy gun")Newsreels show shocking scenes
of gang violence against law
enforcement and innocent bystanders.Joe Zangara attempts to assassinate
President-elect Franklin D. RooseveltBethel Baptist Church bombedBethel Baptist Church bombedBethel Baptist Church bombedAlabama state trooper fatally shoots
peaceful protester Jimmie Lee JacksonKKK members attack and kill NAACP
chapter president Vernon DahmerIn an effort to quell police violence against unarmed
black people, The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
begins policing the police in armed groupsThe Black Panther Party for Self Defense marched on
the California capitol building in protest of the Mulford ActMULFORD ACT
Bi-partisan California state law
repealing the right to publicly
carry loaded firearms"There is absolutely no reason why out on the street today a
citizen should be carrying loaded weapons...[Guns] are a
ridiculous way to solve problems that have to be solved
among people of good will."
- Ronald Reagan, Governor of CaliforniaPresident John F. Kennedy assassinated by
Lee Harvey Oswald, using a mail-order rifleRobert Kennedy assassinatedMLK Jr. assassinatedMalcom X assassinated"The Constitution does not say that government
shall decree the right to keep and bear arms.
The Constitution says, 'the right to keep and
bear arms shall not be infringed.'"
- Ronald Reagan"[The Second Amendment] has been the subject of one
of the greatest pieces of fraud - I repeat the word 'fraud' -
on the American public by special-interest groups that I
have ever seen in my lifetime."
- Warren Burger, Supreme Court JusticeCharles Whitman shoots and kills
16 people from atop the UT towerGeorge Banks fatally shoots 12 family
members and one bystander in his homeJames Ruppert fatally shoots 11 family
members in his mother's homeWah Mee Massacre - Three men fatally
shoot 13 people at an underground clubJames Huberty fatally shoots 21 people
and injurs 19 others in a McDonald'sChristopher Thomas fatally
shoots 10 people in their homePostal worker Patrick Sherrill fatally shoots
14 coworkers and injures 6 othersJames Pough fatally shoots 9 people
and injures 4 others at a car loan officeGeorge Hennard fatally shoots 23 people
and injures 27 others at a Luby's CafeteriaTwo students fatally shoot 13 people and
injure 21 others at Columbine High SchoolMark Barton fatally shoots 12 people and
injures 13 others at an investment firm officeJeffrey Weise fatally shoots 9 people and injures
5 others at the Red Lake Indian ReservationSeung-Hui Cho fatally shoots 23 people and
injures 17 others at Virginia Tech UniversityJiverly Wong fatally shoots 13 people and injures
4 others at an immigration services centerNidal Hasan fatally shoots 13 people
and injures 32 others at Fort HoodMichael McLendon fatally shoots 10
people and injures 6 others in a spreeAdam Lanza fatally shoots 27 people and injures
2 others at Sandy Hook Elementary SchoolAdam Lanza fatally shoots 27 people and injures
2 others at Sandy Hook Elementary School (copy)Grouping
Prohibition
Events
The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution
goes into effect, prohibiting the manufacture,
sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.The 21st Amendment to the US Constitution
repeals the 18th Amendment and ends ProhibitionPeriods
ProhibitionIn response to WW1, German Americans are
marginalized. Many breweries are closed, and
the "wet" Lutherans lose their standing in the
fight against the Christian temperance movement.Temperance MovementThe Great Depression
Civil Rights Movement
Events
In Brown v. Board and in Bolling v. Sharpe,
the Supreme Court declares segregation
of public schools unconstitutionalClaudette Colvin refuses to give up her seat
to a white woman on a segregated busCIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960Four black men sit in at the
Woolworth in GreensboroThe Black Panther Party for
Self-Defense founded in OaklandCIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
delivers his "I Have a Dream" speechCIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968National Gun Control
Events
NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT OF 1934
Requires the following firearms
to be registered and taxed:
- machine guns
- short-barreled rifles
- short-barreled shotguns
- suppressors
- destructive devices (explosives)GUN CONTROL ACT OF 1968
National law that:
- required firearms dealers to be licensed
(essentially stopping mail-order purchases)
- banned the purchasing of firearms in a state
other than one's own
- banned the sale of firearms to minors, drug
addicts, "mental incompetents," and
convicted felonsBRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACTSupreme Court rules that the National
Firearms Act of 1934 is unenforceable
because it violates the 5th Amendment.National Rifle Association
Events
The National Rifle Association (NRA)
establishes its "lobbying arm," the
Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA)John Aquilino and Joe Tartaro join the NRA
and John is hired to work at the NRA-ILAAt the NRA national members' meeting in Cincinnati, the
Federation for the NRA stages a coup, where they replace
the NRA leadership, cancel the move to Colorado, and
make the NRA-ILA the main focus of the NRAThe NRA changes its motto from
"Firearms Safety Education, Marksmanship Training, Shooting for Recreation"
to
"The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed"The NRA endorses Ronald ReaganPeriods
John and Joe form a coalition of NRA
members (the Federation for the
NRA), who believe that the NRA
should be fighting for gun rights
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