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Gun Control Legislation

Summary: Gun Control Timeline

1791 -- Bill of Rights, including the Second Amendment

1871 -- National Rifle Association is organized

1934 -- National Firearms Act

1968 -- Gun Control Act Passed

1986 -- Firearm Owner's Protection Act

1993 -- Brady Handgun Violence Act - National Criminal Instant Background Check System

2017 -- Automatic Gunfire Protection Act and Background Check Completion Act

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Provides statistics about crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government in the United States.
Pew Research : Gun Policy
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, and data-driven social science research. Pew Research does not take policy positions.
National Institute of Justice
Under the Office of Justice Programs the NIJ performs research in and evaluations of many specific types of crime, including gun crime. National Crime Victimization Survey from 2011 statistics are discussed.

Source material attribution to: Kelsey O'Rourke, and Nancy Lewis.