2008 Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm Argued March 18, 2008 Decided June 26, 2008 554 U.S. 570 landmark case from the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia Supreme Court affirmed by a vote of 5 to 4 Heller had approached the National Rifle … Read more
Brady Bill (signed November 30, 1993; only the temporary waiting-period provision ended on November 30, 1998, when NICS replaced it) went into effect on February 28, 1994 named after James Brady, who was shot during an attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981 mandated National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) About the Brady Bill The Brady Handgun Violence … Read more
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 enacted June 19, 1968 Pub.L. 90–351, 82 Stat. 197 codified at 34 U.S.C. § 10101 legislation passed by the Congress of the United States signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson prohibited interstate trade in handguns Increased the minimum age to 21 for buying handguns established the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) set rules for obtaining wiretap orders in the United … Read more
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