Gun Rights & 2A History Timeline
- 1791 • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
- 1792 • Militia Acts of 1792 (provided for the organization of the state militias)
- 1813 • First ban on Concealed Carry (CCW) KY & LA (removed 1822)
- 1822 • First ban on CCW Removed (by State’s appellate courts)
- 1860 • First recorded Pistol Match
- 1862 • Militia Act of 1862 (African-Americans participate as soldiers for first time)
- 1865 • Buffalo Bill Cody began Pistol Shooting Exhibitions
- 1871 • National Rifle Association founded
- 1876 • U.S. v. Cruikshank
- 1886 • Presser v State of Illinois
- 1897 • First World Shooting Championships
- 1900 • U.S. Revolver Association
- 1903 • National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice (NBPRP) founded
- 1903 • War Department Appropriations Act
- 1903 • Militia Act of 1903 – the Dick Act
- 1907 • International Shooting Union (UIT) (U.S. joined in 1908)
- 1910 • Skeet Shooting originated
- 1911 • New York Sullivan Law (required police permission to posses handgun)
- 1916 • National Defense Act of 1916
- 1926 • Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute (SAAMI)
- 1929 • National Sporting Goods Association founded
- 1934 • National Firearms Act (NFA)
- 1938 • Federal Firearms Act (FFA)
- 1939 • United States vs. Miller
- 1958 • First Women’s Events at the World Shooting Championships
- 1961 • National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)
- 1968 • Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
- 1968 • Gun Control Act of 1968
- 1971 • Citizens Committee Right to Keep and Bear Arms founded
- 1974 • Second Amendment Foundation founded
- 1975 • Gun Owners of America (GOA) founded
- 1976 • International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
- 1976 • Arms Export Control Act
- 1979 • First SHOT Show was held in St. Louis, Missouri (NSSF)
- 1984 • Armed Career Criminal Act
- 1985 • First Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) in Seattle, WA
- 1986 • Firearm Owners Protection Act
- 1986 • Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act
- 1988 • Undetectable Firearms Act
- 1989 • Semiautomatic Rifle Import Ban
- 1989 • Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO) founded
- 1990 • Gun-Free School Zones Act
- 1991 • U.S. International Shooting Hall of Fame established
- 1992 • Los Angeles riots
- 1993 • Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership founded
- 1993 • Brady Bill (1993) expired in 1998
- 1994 • Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) (1994) expired in 2004
- 1994 • Printz v. United States
- 1996 • Dickey Amendment
- 1996 • Lautenberg Amendment
- 1996 • International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) founded
- 1996 • Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) founded
- 1998 • National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) launched
- 2000 • Pink Pistols founded
- 2001 • National Association for Gun Rights founded
- 2003 • United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) founded
- 2003 • Tiahrt Amendment
- 2004 • OpenCarry.org founded
- 2004 • Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act
- 2005 • Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL) founded
- 2006 • Project Appleseed began
- 2005 • Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA)
- 2007 • Youth Shooting Sports Alliance
- 2008 • District of Columbia vs. Heller
- 2008 • Armed Citizens’ Legal Defense Network, Inc. founded
- 2009 • Montana Firearms Freedom Act
- 2009 • Oath Keepers founded
- 2010 • McDonald v. City of Chicago
- 2010 • International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights founded
- 2013 • Firearms Policy Coalition founded