National Firearms Act (1934)

June 26, 1934
National Firearms Act

President Franklin D. Roosevelt hoped this act would eliminate automatic-fire weapons like machine guns from America’s streets.
Other firearms such as short-barreled shotguns and rifles, parts of guns like silencers, as well as other “gadget-type” firearms hidden in canes and such were also targeted.
All gun sales and gun manufacturers were slapped with a $200 tax on each firearm (This was during the Great Depression; so, that would be a tax of $2,525+ today)

All buyers were required to fill out paperwork subject to Treasury Dept. approval.

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Heller Decision (2008)

June 26, 2008 
The US Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4, that Americans have an INDIVIDUAL right to own firearms, for self-defense and hunting.

This was the Court’s first major pronouncement on gun rights in US history
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