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America and Guns Timeline
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States change the Second Amendment
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Militia Act of 1792 requires all able men from ages 18 to 45 to serve in musters
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Georgia bans handguns
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National Rifle Association was founded
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National Firearms Act is passed
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Federal Firearms Act is passed
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Gun Control Act of 1968
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Wahigton D.C. passes an anti- handgun law
that demands the resistration of all shotguns and rifles in D.C. -
Ronald Reagan Assasination Attempt
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Senate Bill to require trigger locks on guns
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Aurora Colorado Movie Theater Shooting
James Holmes kills 12 and injures 70 in midnight showing of Dark Knight Rises -
Sandy Hook Elamentary Shooting
20 Kindergarteners and first graders and 6 adults were killed -
Virginia Tech Shooting
27 students and 5 falculty are killed