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1791: The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified. The amendment reads: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."The firearm owner protection act is approved by Congress. The law prohibits felons from owning or possessing guns or ammunition. The Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act is also passed. It prohibits the manufacturing, importing and selling of ammunition that can penetrate a bulletproof vest.The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act becomes law. The law banned the manufacture, use, possession and import of 19 types of assault weapons, including AK-47s and Uzis. The law expired in 2004.Some
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happenedThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rules in favor of Dick Anthony Heller, 66, an armed security guard who sues the district after it rejects his application to keep a handgun at his home in Capitol Hill. District appeals to Supreme Court.The assassinations of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Sen. Robert Kennedy fuel the passage of the Gun Control Act. The Act prohibits the direct mail order of firearms and ammunition, regulates imported guns, expands record-keeping requirements and prevents convicted felons, mentally ill people, illegal drug users and others from buying gunsTeenagers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill a teacher and a dozen students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. This tragedy fuels a new campaign on gun control. Theres always specific events that get us fired up. Till everyone forgets until the same thing happens again. Lets either care or don't. End fake empathy.A gunman enters Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and fatally shoots 26 people. Twenty of the victims are children. The shooting fuels new calls for changes in gun control legislation. Most notably recent event in the gun control areaStymied by legislation being blocked in Congress, President Obama amends the regulation of the ATF, therefore placing further restrictions on firearms without needed bipartisan support.President Obama criticises the pro-gun lobby in Washington, stating in a press release: "While Congress has repeatedly failed to take action and pass laws that would expand background checks and reduce gun violence, today, building on the significant steps that have already been taken over the past several years, the Administration is announcing a series of commonsense executive actions."In a reaction to emancipation, several southern states adopt "black codes" which, among other things, forbid black persons from possessing firearms.The National Rifle Association (NRA) is organized around its primary goal of improving American civilians' marksmanship in preparation for war.The U.S. Congress passes a law banning the mailing of concealable weapons.The National Firearms Act of 1934, regulating the manufacture, sale and possession of fully automatic firearms like sub-machine guns is approved by Congress.The District of Columbia enacts an anti-handgun law which also requires registration of all rifles and shotguns within the District of Columbia.California bans the possession of semiautomatic assault weapons following the massacre of five children on a Stockton, CA school playground.On October 1, 2017, barely over a year after the Orlando shooting, a man identified as Stephen Craig Paddock opened fire on an outdoor music festival in Las Vegas. Shooting from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel, Paddock killed at least 59 people and wounded more than 500 others.Less than a week after the Las Vegas shooting, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) introduced the “Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act” that would ban the sale and possession of bump stocks and other devices that essentially turn a semiautomatic weapon to fire in fully-automatic mode.
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