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It was a law passed to prevent firearms by falling into the wrong hands. It banned the sale of firearms to anyone who had received a long prison sentence, anyone with a known mental illness, anyone who had renounced their citizenship and anyone who had been dismissed from the army under 'dishonorable conditions'. It also prohibited the sale of weapons by mail order. It was enacted in response to the murders of John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King.

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