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Alex Wood

Interactive Timeline of Mass Shootings in America - 1 views

www.timetoast.com/...r-us-mass-shootings-since-1999

Timeline Alex

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  • Alex Wood on 03 Jun 13
     
    This is a really cool interactive timeline of major shootings in America since 1999
Beth Clifton

Federal Gun Control Legislation - Timeline | Infoplease.com - 0 views

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legislation Beth Timeline

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      Beth Clifton on 31 May 13
       
      This brings the argument of strict vs. loose interpretation of the Constitution
  • National Rifle Association Founded
  • eliminate automatic-fire weapons like machine guns
  • ...15 more annotations...
  • $200 tax
  • Federal Firearms License from the Secretary of Commerce ($1 annual fee)
  • prohibited from selling to those people who were convicted of certain crimes or lacked a permit.
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      Beth Clifton on 31 May 13
       
      inspired by JFK assassination
  • more dealers, and more detailed record keeping
  • sales over state lines were restricted
  • those convicted of felonies (with some exceptions), those found mentally incompetent, drug users and more
  • outlawed mail order sales of rifles and shotguns;
  • illegal for anyone to manufacture or import armor piercing ammunition
  • Eased restrictions
  • criminal penalties for possessing or discharging a firearm in a school zone
  • five-day waiting period
  • new background check system
  • bill banned the manufacture, possession, and importation of new semiautomatic assault weapons
  • Criteria for semiautomatic assault weapons that fall under the ban are provided as well as a list of 19 specific firearms
  • Beth Clifton on 29 May 13
     
    Gun control legislation
Alex Wood

Timeline of Recent Mass Shootings in America with Pictures - 2 views

www.motherjones.com/...mass-shootings-map

Alex Timeline

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  • Beth Clifton on 31 May 13
     
    WOW. Did you really just go there?
  • Alex Wood on 31 May 13
     
    Pretty Much....but where is there?-Be Specific.
Alex Wood

Amid mass shootings, US gun debate overlooks those coping with daily violence - 0 views

www.startribune.com/...209299121.html

Alex StarTribune NewsArticle

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune article on Gun Control legislation
Harry Walsh

History of NRA - 0 views

www.alternet.org/suprising-unknown-history-nra

Harry NRA

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    Until 1977 the NRA was the primary gun control advocacy group, and then they went crazy.
Harry Walsh

Beginning of the Modern Gun-Rights Movement - 0 views

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Harry Bobby Seale

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  • Harry Walsh on 31 May 13
     
    Black activists invaded the California statehouse with loaded guns to display their 2nd amendment rights that they felt were being violated by racist laws in 1967.
Beth Clifton

Gun politics in the United States - 0 views

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legislation Beth

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    The wikipedia page on this
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