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__The National Firearms ACT__
The National Firearm Act of 1934 was enacted as a reaction to the behaviors of gangsters of the era. It was passed as tax legislation to discourage ownership without an outright prohibition. Keep in mind that the tax of $200 was quite a sum of money in 1934. Since gangsters were unlikely to register their NFA weapons, the government had another legal weapon to use against them. Because NFA ’34 was a tax law, enforcement fell to the Department of the Treasury. Similarity with alcohol tax law moved the enforcement to the Alcohol Tax Unit within the DOT. Getting a gun back in the depression times was much easier than what it is today. Today you have to go through a hole back ground check and a three day waiting period before you can buy a gun. Today you will also get in a lot more trouble for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit than you would have in the Great Depression period.



Murder and Assualt were also much easier to get away with because today we have alot more technology to use to find the people who were responsible for the crime. Al Copone is a prime example becuase he killed and beat people up but he was never caught for any of that.