Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

• enacted June 19, 1968
• Pub.L. 90–351, 82 Stat. 197
• codified at 34 U.S.C. § 10101
• legislation passed by the Congress of the United States
• signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
• prohibited interstate trade in handguns
• Increased the minimum age to 21 for buying handguns
• established the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)
• set rules for obtaining wiretap orders in the United States