Guns and the 2nd Amendment

By easnyde

  • National Firearms Act (NFA)

    Required a tax on manufacturing, buying and selling firearms. Also, it required the registration of all firearms.

  • Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Acts

    These several acts supplied grants for criminal justice research and created new restrictions on handgun ownership.

  • Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA)

    Heavily revised the Gun Control Act of 1968.

  • Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA)

    This act revised the Gun Control Act and made changes to the machine gun ban, registering for firearm and the "safe passage" provision.

  • Undetectable Firearms Act

    This act prevents people to carry weapons into airports without the weapon being of a material that can't be detected by security machines and procedures.

  • Gun-Free School Zones Act

    This act prevents people who own guns to enter a place when unauthorized to carry a gun in that place.

  • Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

    Required background checks on buyers of firearms.

  • Federal Assault Weapons Ban

    This ban prevents the manufacture of semi-automatic firearms.

  • Federal Assault Weapons Ban expires

    The ban on civilian prodcuced semi-automatic firearms ends.

  • Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

    This act prevents gun sellers to be held accountable for crimes related to the weapons they sell.