Gun Legislation
Date Submitted: 06/22/2004 16:36:48
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 10 pages (2849 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 10 pages (2849 words)
Gun Legislation: A History
Few topics in American history have been more disputed or the controversy more heated than Gun legislation. The history of Gun Legislation dates back to the Revolutionary period. In 1792 Congress passed a law that required "all able-bodied male citizens between the ages of 18-44" to equip themselves with a musket, or a weapon adequate for war, along with a minimum amount of ammunition. The Congress passed this law on the reasoning
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one. Although there are miles to go gun legislation has gone a long way.
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1.) http://www.opensecrets.org/idustries/indus.asp?Ind=Q13
2.) http://www.foxnews.com/national/guns/
3.) http://www.senate.gov/search/index.html
4.) http://www.house/gov
5.) http://nraila.com
6.) http://www.handguncontrol.org/
7.) http://www.rueters.com/guns/
8.) http://www.findlaw.com
9.) http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/gunlaw.htm
10.) Joseph, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Three volumes (1833).
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