FDR Attorney General Homer Cummings Pushed National Handgun Registration for Years

Summary

Former Attorney General Homer Stillé Cummings, appointed by FDR in 1933, consistently advocated for national handgun registration throughout the 1930s. While he succeeded in passing the National Firearms Act (NFA), his repeated attempts to enact universal handgun registration, even as late as 1938, were ultimately rejected by Congress, partly due to NRA opposition.