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National Firearms Act (NFA)
The National Firearms Act is an Act of Congress in the United States that, in general, imposes a statutory excise tax on the manufacture and transfer of certain firearms and mandates the registration of those firearms. -
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
set rules for obtaining wiretap orders in the United States -
Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA)
Amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 to redefine "gun dealer," excluding those making occasional sales or repairs. -
Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA)
a United States federal law that revised many provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968 -
Undetectable Firearms Act
makes it illegal to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive any firearm that is not as detectable by walk-through metal detection as a security exemplar containing 3.7 oz of steel, or any firearm with major components that do not generate an accurate image before standard airport imaging technology -
Gun-Free School Zones Act
The Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) is a federal United States law that prohibits any unauthorized individual from knowingly possessing a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone. -
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
commonly called the Brady Law, an Act of the United States Congress that instituted federal background checks on firearm purchasers in the United States. -
Federal Assault Weapons Ban
formally titled the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, is a subsection of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law that included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms it defined as "assault weapons," as well as certain ammunition magazines it defined as "large capacity -
Federal Assault Weapons Ban expires
The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB), formally titled the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, is a subsection of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law that included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms it defined as "assault weapons," as well as certain ammunition magazines it defined as "large capacity."The 10-year ban was passed by the U.S. Congress on September 13, 1994, -
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
prevent firearms manufacturers and dealers from being held liable for negligence when crimes have been committed with their products