Bagly, Jay. "History of Gun Control Legislation." Washington Post. The Washington Post, December 22, 2012. Web. April 1, 2014. The very first federal firearms restrictions were put in place by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934, a “New Deal for Crime.” During this time period, bank robberies and robberies were a regular scene and bank robbers were even made famous as; Bonnie and Clyde, Al Capone and Baby Face Nelson. This placed a tax on the sale or manufacture of machine guns or sawn-off shotguns. The second part of Roosevelt's “New Deal,” the National Firearms Act of 1938, was passed just 4 years later. This required gun dealers to register their sales and made it illegal to sell guns to people convicted of violent crimes or under indictment for crimes of violence. The biggest change in gun control was made in 1968 after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Lyndon B. Johnson passes the Omnibus Crime Control, the Safe Streets Act, and the Gun Control Act, all of which are still the primary reference for gun regulation. Prevents all criminals, drug addicts and mentally incompetent people from legally purchasing guns. He raised the age to 21 to purchase from a federally licensed dealer. It also changed many licensing requirements and forced gun dealers to keep more detailed records. 1986 brought the first official ban on any weapon. Machine guns manufactured after May 1986 were banned from civilian ownership by order of the Firearm Owners Protection Act. In 1993, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act was passed requiring background checks through a new system, which supported the previous mandate. in 1968. Violent crime control and law enforcement… the focus of the paper… initially headed to the Democrats and people wanted a lot more gun control. Provides out-of-context and biased sources to support their opinions. For example, obviously murder and homicide rates will be 40% higher in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, but not because of the states' lack of gun restrictions. That area of ​​Mexico is way worse than the Southern California vacation spot that barely even considers Mexico. Baja California is beaches and clubs and above all Americans on vacation, there they have something to make money with besides dirt. Central Mexico, which is south of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, doesn't have much other than drug cartels at their disposal. Taking guns away from Texans would not help against murders by illegal criminals whose job it is to carry illegal items. Those criminals are obviously not law-abiding citizens.