America is home to the most gun violence than any other country in the world. America has had a long history of gun violence and we haven't really done much to stop it. The recent mass shootings have taken the gun violence argument to a much bigger scale. And while we witness more and more of these shootings, no laws or bans have been put into place, except the banning of bump stocks, which can make a semi automatic gun fire like a fully automatic gun. The historic moments that have most defined the argument over gun control are The Gun Control Act of 1968, The crime control act of 1990, the Brady handgun act of 1994, and the Trigger lock act of 1999.
The Gun Control Act of 1968 was a huge step in making the U.S a safer place by restricting the use of guns by people who have a history of mental illness, age requirements, criminal charges, having a recent history with drugs, and having a troubled background. It also put a small limitation on the sale of handguns. The assassination of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King was a factor in the passing of this law. The shootings resulted in a huge outrage, and there were many protests on gun control. At first, the NRA supported the law, but as Thomas J Dodd’s new law proved to take away the rights of the NRA, they turned against it, and tried to
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It started by banning the production and distribution of semi-automatic rifles. For the most part, the act worked, but there were still crime acts in the U.S.A. Over time, the law changed and evolved, and the Brady Handgun Law was created. The Brady Handgun act allowed the police force to do an extensive background check for five days on people who want to buy a handgun. The law worked very well, but people began to oppose the law. Eventually, the Supreme Court ruled the act unconstitutional after enough public