Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 - Handguns

Handguns

The Omnibus Crime Bill also prohibited interstate trade in handguns, increased the minimum age to 21 for buying handguns, and established a national gun licensing system. This legislation was soon followed by the Gun Control Act of 1968, which set forth additional gun control restrictions.

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