| The gun control problem of America in the1960s has always been the experts andscholars interested in. The federal government intervention in gun control is in the1930s,after several important gun control acts past, the main gun control act appeared inthe1960s.In the1960s,the assassinations of John Kennedy,Martin Luther King, makegun control problem become outstanding. These assassinations become the direct reasonof gun control legislation. The Gun Control Act of1968was the main achievement ofAmerican gun control legislation in the1960s.Gun control problem is the tough political questions.The United States is one ofthe countries to allow private hold guns all around the world, this has the profoundhistorical reason and the constitutional protection. The second amendment provide thesafeguard to the traditional.“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security ofa free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed”whether gun control legislation success or not, the second amendment is the key. Thereis deep and complex political reasons of the Gun Control Act of1968’s pass.This paper put Gun Control Act of1968as the breakthrough point,analysis of thislegislation,expound the influence of federal gun control legislation. The Gun ControlAct of1968has great influence and effect, at the same time, we should see the limitedeffect of the federal gun control legislation. |
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