Gun Safety for All Inc.

It all started with the age of the gangsters of legend, like Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde, and the like. During that time, crime was rampant as the Prohibition of the 1930s caused rival gangs to fight it out for who controlled what regions of the country, in order to make money and gain power and fame. 

 

In order to stem the rise of gun-related violence, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) passed the National Firearms Act of 1934, which placed a $200 tax on the manufaction or sale of certain types of firearms. 

 

Four years later, the National Firearms Act of 1938 was passed by FDR, which mandated that gun dealers must be licensed, while also requiring dealers to record all sales. It also prohibited the sales of firearms to people who were either indicted or convicted of viloent crimes. 

 

In 1968, after the assasinations of President John F. Kennedy and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., President Lyndon B. Johnson passes the Gun Control Act of 1968, which prevents anyone charged with a felony or drugs, and the mentally ill from being able to purchase firearms. It also raises the legal age in order to purchase a hangdun from 18 to 21 years old.

 

1986 comes around and with it comes the passage of the Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986, which limits the number of times the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms could inspect gun dealers in a year. It also banned citizens from owning machine guns made after May 19th, 1986, although machine guns made before this date were grandfathered in.

 

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban of  1994 was passed, which banned various comestic components to various kinds of weapons, such as the AR and AK. It also limited the magazine size to 10, while banning certain forms of before-mentioned rifles and also different other guns such as the Tec-19 and the Uzi, which were commonly used weapons by gangs.