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The Brady Bill went into effect in the USA, implementing background checks before a handgun could be purchased

On the 28^th February, 1994, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act went into effect in the USA, requiring a background check to be undertaken before a handgun could be purchased.

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One of the fathers of television, Vladimir Zworykin, despised what it had become, and once said of it, “I would never let my own children watch it.”

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The Brady Bill went into effect in the USA, implementing background checks before a handgun could be purchased

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