The Second Amendment gave women the right to bear arms in 1920 . Congress addressed gun control in the 1930s in reaction to organized crime . Political assassinations in the 1960s led to the Gun Control Act of 1968 . U.S. Department of Justice ; Congressional Research Service . Assault weapons ban in 1994 expired a decade later .
The Second Amendment gave women the right to bear arms in 1920 . Congress addressed gun control in the 1930s in reaction to organized crime . Political assassinations in the 1960s led to the Gun Control Act of 1968 . Assault weapons ban in 1994 expired a decade later .