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Gave the people a constitutional right to bear arms.
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The act imposed a tax on the manufacturing, selling, and transportation of certain firearms and accessories; including machine guns, silencers, short barreled rifles and shotguns. To own any of these items, Americans were required to pay a $200 tax and meet certain requirements through a rather lengthy eligibility process.
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This Act required gun manufacturers, sellers, and importers to have a federal firearms license. It also required sellers to keep customer records and outlawed specific groups of people from owning guns, such as convicted criminals.
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The Supreme Court ruled that Congress could regulate the selling of short barreled rifles and shotguns because the right to bear such weapons was not protected by the Second Amendment and were deemed not necessary for a well regulated militia.
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1960s assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General and U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President Lyndon B. Johnson were events that first sparked major concern around gun control and led to the Gun Control Act of 1968.
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The bill imposed age requirements of 21 years in order to purchase a gun, banned the importation of guns which had "no sporting purpose", required that all guns have a serial number, regulated destructive devices, including grenades, and prohibited certain people not suitable to own a gun from purchasing firearms. Overall, this act marked a major event in the history of gun control.
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This act marked the first significant nationwide effect of gun control. This act made the topic of gun control deeply divisive among people for the first time. The GCA repealed and replaced the FFA, as well as updated the NFA to fix issues regarding the sale and possession of firearms.
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This act enacted protections for gun owners, undoing some of the restrictions imposed by the Gun Control Act of 1968.
This act was influenced by the NRA lobbying and public sentiment towards gun rights. The act allowed licensed dealers to sell firearms at gun shows, limited government inspections of dealers, allowed unlicensed dealers to sell ammunition, and more. In contrast to the above, the act also expanded the GCA to prohibit civilians from owning machine guns made after 1986. -
Influenced by the assassination of White House press secretary James Brady during an attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. The act requires background checks to be completed before a firearm can be sold. It also established the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
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Protected firearm dealers from lawsuits by prohibiting data detailing where criminals purchased their weapons to be released publicly.
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This act further protected gun manufacturers by preventing crime victims from naming the specific company that produced the weapon involved in the crime during lawsuits.
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This federal regulation redefined "firearm" in the Gun Control Act of 1968 to include "ghost guns" (Untraceable/DIY firearms). It requires that ghost guns must have serial numbers, be recorded in sales, and require background checks in order to be owned.
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