Gun Control

By: Michael Bodo, JJ Clancy, and Paul Santoleri

Introduction & History• 1791 second amendment ratified

• 1871 NRA founded

• 1934 national firearms act passed

• 1938 federal firearms act passed

• 1968 Gun control act passed, 1972 ATF enforces

• 1986 Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act/Firearms Owners' Protection Act passed

Intro & History cont.

•1990 Crime Control Act passed

•1994 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act passed (not effective till 1998)/Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act passed

•1998 Gun Bill Requires Trigger Locks

Supreme Court Decisions • 1876 U.S. v. Cruikshank

• 1886 Presser v. Illinois

• 1894 Miller v. Texas

• 1939 U.S. v. Miller

• 1980 Lewis v. U.S.

• 2007 District of Columbia Et al. v. Heller

• 2009 McDonald v. Chicago

Recent Developments

•Williams v. Maryland, Oct. 3, 2011

•The Second Amendment Foundation filed a federal lawsuit on California’s ban on assault weapons

•MTSU push for more gun rights for students

Public Opinion • Americans favoring gun control laws or bans are

at record lows.

Bibliography• http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekl

y/aa092699.htm

• http://www.infoplease.com/spot/guntime1.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_States#21st_century

• http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndsup.htm

• http://www.gallup.com/poll/150341/Record-Low-Favor-Handgun-Ban.aspx