What were previous weapon bans in the United States? What were the circumstances behind their ban?

by 4THOT
Coyote27

Are you referring to bans on ownership and domestic sale, or to bans on imports like the recent IZHMASH ban? There's an important difference, as IZHMASH-built guns are still legal as long as they're already inside the US, you merely can't import them from Russia right now.

Also note that there's also a difference between banning a weapon entirely versus requiring a federal license.