Understanding the Second Amendment: Its Origins and Importance
Where the Second Amendment came from, what its words mean, and how the Supreme Court has interpreted it from Miller to Bruen.
Federal Law
Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act
August 28, 1986 prohibits the manufacturing, importing and selling of ammunition that can penetrate a bulletproof vest. About the Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act The armor-piercing ammunition law commonly called the Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act was enacted as Public Law 99-408 (H.R. 3132) and signed by President Ronald Reagan on August 28, 1986. Responding … Read more
Tiahrt Amendment
February 20, 2003 proposed by Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) prohibited the ATF from publicly releasing data showing where criminals purchased their firearms only law enforcement officers or prosecutors About the Tiahrt Amendment The Tiahrt Amendment is a series of riders, named for Representative Todd Tiahrt of Kansas, that Congress has attached to Justice Department appropriations … Read more
National Instant Criminal Background Check System
launched by the FBI on November 30, 1998 United States system for determining if prospective firearms or explosives buyers’ name and birth year match those of a person who is not eligible to buy through an FFL mandated by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Law) of 1993 launched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1998 … Read more
Lautenberg Amendment
The Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban, September 30, 1996 1996 Enacted by the 104th United States Congress bans access to firearms by people convicted of crimes of domestic violence called “the Lautenberg Amendment” sponsored by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D – NJ). “Gun Ban for Individuals Convicted of a Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence” Pub.L. 104–208, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9)) Amendment to … Read more
Dickey Amendment
1996 the CDC was funding bias research, the CDC was caught, and penalized.. Doctors figured it out. 1996 – Stopped the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from promoting gun control Dr. Miguel Faria “I have yet to see a published report that has been funded by the NCIPC in which the benefits of firearms … Read more
Brady Bill (Signed 1993, Effective 1994)
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
Federal Assault Weapons Ban AWB
given final passage by the US Congress on August 25, 1994, signed into law by US President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994 expired on September 13, 2004 About the Federal Assault Weapons Ban The Federal Assault Weapons Ban, formally the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, was Subtitle A of Title XI … Read more
Gun-Free School Zones Act
Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) November 29, 1990 introduced by Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin signed into law by President George H. W. Bush. act of the U.S. Congress prohibiting any unauthorized individual from knowingly possessing a loaded or unsecured firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone applies to public, private, … Read more
Semi Automatic Rifle Import Ban (1989)
Wed March 15, 1989 – spring suspension July 7, 1989 – Signed into law Bush Administration banned imports of semiautomatic assault rifles indefinitely announced by William J. Bennett, the director of national drug policy requests from importers to bring in the rifles had nearly tripled those for all of 1988 Law enforcement officers have complained … Read more