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Second Ammendment Created
The united States creates the second constitutional ammendment, allowing all citizens the right to own a firearms(s). -
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Notable developements in gun culture.
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NRA is Founded
The NRA is founded in november in 1871. -
Baughman & Butler
Annie Oakly, and the Baughman and Butler show were showing ruitinely in Cincinnati. -
Valentines Day Massacre
On Valentines Day, two rival gangs (South Side Italian, led by Al Capone, and the North Side Irish, led by Bugs Moran) murdered seven mob associates in a prohibihtion era conflict. This was a huge event that influenceda number of media, glorifying the idea of guns in the mob and in gangs. -
National Firearms Act
The National Firearms Act was put in place shortly after prohibition ended. It's new policies regulate the distribution of certain fire arms, and adds an excise tax on the manufacture and transportaion of said weapons. -
Firearm Owners Protection Act
FOPA allows firearm dealers to legally sell thier merchandise at public gunshows. -
Operation Ceasefire.
Operation Ceasefire was implemented in poor, hot-spot areas of botson where gun violence and deaths by guns were especially prevalent moung youths. A number of youth oriented groups were aimed at stopping the gun violence in younger people, who were also in danger of other problems concerning their environment. -
Columbine High School Massacre
Columbine High School in Columbine Colorado was a mass school shooting by two students. The event sparked wide contraversy over gun control in the United States. -
Defense Dist. Wants to Create the 'Wiki Weapon"
Defense Distributed is a non-profit, open source, and online orginization, rallying for the idea of a dwnloadable gun, that can be made using at-home 3-D printers. -
Plans for new Gun Control.
President Barack Obama announces a new plan for a gun control proposal, one month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
