February 7, 2026 - The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA or GCA68) is a U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and firearms ownership. Due to constitutional limitations, the Act is primarily based on regulating interstate commerce in firearms by generally prohibiting interstate firearms transfers except ...

October 22, 1968 · To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for better control of the · [H. R. 17735] interstate traffic in firearms. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati'ves of the · United States of America in Congress assenwled, That this Act may · ^Q"* be cited as the "Gun Control Act of 1968".

Text for H.R.17735 - 90th Congress (1967-1968): Gun Control Act of 1968

After the assassinations of President John Kennedy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Gun Control Act is passed and imposes stricter licensing and regulation on the firearms industry, establishes new categories of firearms offenses, and prohibits the sale of firearms and ammunition to felons and certain other prohibited persons.

The Gun Control Act of 1968 is federal legislation that regulates the manufacture, sale, and purchase of firearms in the United States. President Lyndon B. Johnson established this act after a series of firearm-related assassinations of national ...

We have come here to the Cabinet Room today to sign the most comprehensive gun control law ever signed in this Nation's history. Some of you may be interested in knowing-really-what this bill does: --It stops murder by mail order.

December 12, 2023 - The Jun. 21, 1968, cover of TIME following the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy on Jun. 6Roy Lichtenstein ... Olivia B. Waxman ... This week marks 50 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Gun Control Act of 1968 into law on Oct. 22 of that year.

Following the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Congress passed the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA). The GCA, as amended over the years, continues to be the primary vehicle for the federal regulation of firearms.

Using a single equation mode that controlled for various socioeconomic factors, the cumulative stock of handguns, and an index of violent crime, this analysis found a significant increase in handgun purchases since the passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968.

The act prohibited the interstate shipment of pistols and revolvers to individuals, but it specifically exempted rifles and shotguns from any regulations. With the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968, the groundswell of support for tough gun control laws reached unprecedented levels.

January 21, 2020 - The 1968 Gun Control Act and subsequent amendments codified at 18 U.S.C. § 921 et seq. prohibit anyone convicted of a felony and anyone subject to a domestic violence protective order from possessing a firearm.

IN 1968, after five years of debate on firearms control, Congress passed a · Gun Control Act designed to "provide support to Federal, State, and local

January 22, 2025 - The Gun Control Act of 1968 (“GCA”) revised the NFA and the FFA, reenacting and expanding upon provisions of the prior acts, and repealing the FFA.

August 4, 2025 - In January 1967 he introduced a similar bill, designed to increase fees and the regulation of firearms dealers and impose a federal minimum age requirement for handguns and long guns. Better known as the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1968, it passed in the Senate in May 1968 and by the House of Representatives on June 6, the day after the assassination of Robert F.

The Gun Control Act of 1968 is legislation that regulates the interstate and foreign trade in firearms, as well as their importation, issuance of firearms licenses, and persons who are prohibited from owning or handling firearms.

THE GUN CONTROL ACT OF 1968 PROHIBITS CONVICTED FELONS FROM PURCHASING OR POSSESSING FIREARMS.

L. 90–618, set out below], that 'it is not the purpose of this title to place any undue or unnecessary Federal restrictions or burdens on law-abiding citizens with respect to the acquisition, possession, or use of firearms appropriate to the purpose of hunting, trapshooting, target shooting, personal protection, or any other lawful activity, and that this title is not intended to discourage or eliminate the private ownership or use of firearms by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes.'." Pub. L. 90–618, title I, §101, Oct. 22, 1968,

The Gun Control Act of 1968 is a U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and firearms ownership. Due to constitutional limitations, the Act is primarily based on regulating interstate commerce in firearms by generally prohibiting interstate firearms transfers except by manufacturers, dealers and importers licensed under a scheme set up under the Act.