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1、GunControlintheUnitedStatesSecondAmendmenttotheUnitedStatesConstitutionTheSecondAmendment(AmendmentII)totheUnitedStatesConstitutionisthepartoftheUnitedStatesBillofRightsthatprotectstherighttokeepandbeararms.ItwasadoptedonDecember15,1791,alongwiththerestoftheBillofRights."Awellregulate
2、dMilitia,beingnecessarytothesecurityofafreeState,therightofthepeopletokeepandbearArms,shallnotbeinfringed."Whendidthiswholeguncontroldebatestart?ItcouldhavestartedshortlyafterNovember22,1963whenevidenceintheassassinationofPresidentJohnF.Kennedyincreasedpublicawarenesstotherelativelack
3、ofcontroloverthesaleandpossessionoffirearmsinAmerica.Indeed,until1968,handguns,rifles,shotguns,andammunitionwerecommonlysoldover-the-counterandthroughmail-ordercatalogsandmagazinestojustaboutanyadultanywhereinthenation.TheGunControlActof1968TheGunControlActof1968(GCA)establishesadetai
4、ledfederalschemegoverningthedistributionoffirearms.Itprohibitsfirearmsdealersfromtransferringhandgunstoanypersonunder21,notresidentinthedealer'sState.Italsoforbidspossessionofafirearmby,andtransferofafirearmto,convictedfelons,fugitivesfromjustice,unlawfulusersofcontrolledsubstances,pe
5、rsonsadjudicatedasmentallydefectiveorcommittedtomentalinsti-tutions,aliensunlawfullypresentintheUnitedStates,personsdishonorablydischargedfromtheArmedForces,personswhohaverenouncedtheircitizenship,andpersonswhohavebeensubjectedtocertainrestrainingordersorbeenconvictedofamisdemeanoroff
6、enseinvolvingdomesticviolence.BradyHandgunViolencePreventionActIn1993,CongressamendedtheGCAbyen-actingtheBradyAct.TheBradyHandgunViolencePreventionActisanActoftheUnitedStatesCongressthatinstitutedfederalbackgroundchecksonfirearmpurchasersintheUnitedStates.ItwassignedintolawbyPresident
7、BillClintononNovember30,1993,andwentintoeffectonFebruary28,1994.TheActwasnamedafterJamesBrady,whowasshotbyJohnHinckley,Jr.duringanattemptedassassinationofPresidentRonaldReaganonMarch30,1981.BradyHandgunViolencePreventionActTheBradyActrequiresthatbackgroundchecksbeconductedonindividual
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