It closed the country to criminals, the mentally ill,and persons who could not support themselves.
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In 1993, Congress passed the Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act, which created a national background-check system and a list of people forbidden to own a gun: felons, the mentallyill, persons who committed a domestic-violence misdemeanor, drug addicts and the dishonorably discharged.