Can You Hear Me?

In response to listener feedback, Gustav presents the history of Federal Gun Control and tries his best not to provide too much editorial commentary (but of course there is some. In the discussion he covers: Federalist Paper No. 46 Black Codes Municipal Gun Control in the Old West the Mailing Firearms Act of 1927 the National Firearms Act 0f 1934 (NFA) the Federal Firearms Act of 1938 (that created the FFL) the Gun Control Act of 1968 creation of the BATF in 1972 the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986 including the Hughes Amendment the Brady Bill in 1993 the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 Along the way, he explains the major advances in firearm designs,  explains the fallacy of the gun show loophole and the truth about private transfers. Then he answers questions from listeners about: Gun registries Mental health requirements Background checks NFA regulated weapons Magazine capacity Bump stocks It turned into a lot longer episode than planned and ult