When Did Gun Control Start In America?

By Tim

Gun control is something that did not start recently although it has become stricter. When did gun control even start in the United States? Aside from when America started as a country and the British trying to disarm us, we go back to when we passed laws in our own states to control certain weapons distribution. We are going back to the 1920s.

The Federal government started its gun control policies in response to the waging wars of the gangs in 1934 with the National Firearms Act of 1934. This enacted a long series of measures trying to stop the spread of increasingly destructive firearms in gang violence. Weapons involved were the sawed off shotgun, machine guns, and suppressors. The NFA was signed into law on June 26th, and Bonnie and Clyde died July 22.

The states had started even earlier than the federal government with about a ten year head start. Some 27 states in total passed restrictive laws for Tommy guns. The very first state to act was West Virginia in 1925. Remember in those days the federal government had little power over the regulation of crime, so the states did what they were supposed to.

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Source:: GunsNFreedom