Pub. L. 90-351, tit. VII, sec. 1201

Sec. 1201. The Congress hereby finds and declares that the receipt, possess ion, or transportation of a firearm by felons, veterans who are other than honorably discharged, mental incompetents, aliens who are illegally in the country, and former citizens who have renounced their citizenship, constitutes— (1) a burden on commerce or threat affecting the free flow of commerce, (2) a threat to the safety of the President of the United Stales and Vice President of the United States, (3) an impediment or a threat to the exercise of free speech and the free exercise of a religion guaranteed by the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and (4) a threat to the continued and effective operation of the Government of the United States and of the government of each State guaranteed by article IV of the Constitution.