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

Printz v. United States

1997 Ended the Brady Bill Burden to states   Argued December 3, 1996Decided June 27, 1997 parts of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act violated the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. About Printz v. United States Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997), is the Supreme Court decision that struck down the Brady Act’s interim … 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

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

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)

1989 Import ban

  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

Firearm Owners Protection Act

Fopa 1986 Provisions

1986 The Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA) is a federal law in the United States that was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on May 19, 1986. The law made a number of changes to existing firearms laws and regulations, including restrictions on the sale and transfer of firearms, and was designed to protect … Read more

Armed Career Criminal Act

Timeline of the Armed Career Criminal Act from its 1984 enactment and 1986 expansion through Supreme Court decisions in 2015, 2022 and 2024.

passage in 1984 provides sentence enhancements for felons who commit crimes with firearms if they are convicted of certain crimes three or more times About the Armed Career Criminal Act The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), codified at 18 U.S.C. 924(e), was enacted in 1984 as part of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act. It imposes … Read more