The Nation : President Signs Gun Bill
President Reagan signed legislation easing federal firearm controls and allowing gun dealers to sell rifles and shotguns to buyers anywhere in the country. The bill was passed unanimously by the Senate earlier this month after an intense campaign that pitted the gun lobby against police and handgun control organizations. The National Rifle Assn. and allied groups had been trying to weaken the 1968 federal Gun Control Act ever since it was passed in the wake of the murders of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
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