Stamp Collecting | Firearms Transfer Stamps

  Stamp Collecting | Firearms Transfer Stamps

"...In 1934, US Attorney General Homer Cummings wanted to reduce what were thought of as “gangster weapons.” Cummings, believing the Second Amendment prohibited the outright banning of firearms, instead proposed laws to restrict certain guns and make them more difficult to own. ...The result was the 1934 Firearms Act, which was known as the “Tommy Gun Act,” after a well-known automatic firearm of the time. "

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