The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA or GCA68) is a U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and firearms ownership. Due to constitutional limitations...
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Protection Act (FOPA) of 1986 is a United States federal law that revised many provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968. Under the Gun Control Act of 1968, the...
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registration of those firearms. The NFA is also referred to as Title II of the federal firearms laws, with the Gun Control Act of 1968 ("GCA") as Title...
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Kohl of Wisconsin and then was incorporated into the Crime Control Act of 1990 that was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush. The Gun-Free School...
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Printz v. United States (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Rehnquist Court)
provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act violated the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA),...
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Owners Protection Act (FOPA) (1986): Revised and partially repealed the Gun Control Act of 1968. Prohibited the sale to civilians of automatic firearms...
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Concealed carry in the United States (redirect from Concealed carry (gun laws))
justifiable self-defense. — Code of Virginia 18.2-282 The Gun Control Act passed by Congress in 1968 lists felons, illegal aliens, and other codified persons...
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German gun laws of 1928 and 1938 and the United States congressional hearings preceding the Gun Control Act of 1968. Supporters of the Nazi gun control argument...
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by the Gun Control Act of 1968, which set forth additional gun control restrictions. On May 10, 2023, Senior District Judge Robert E. Payne of the Eastern...
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Homemade firearm (redirect from Homemade gun)
little as 20 minutes, fit within the definition of "frame or receiver" used in the Gun Control Act of 1968. The ATF regulation, Final Rule 2021-05F, went...
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Raven Arms (category Companies based in the City of Industry, California)
1970 by firearms designer George Jennings. The Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibiting the importation of inexpensive handguns prompted Jennings to design...
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Federal firearms license (redirect from Collectors of Curio and Relic Firearms)
established to and implement the Gun Control Act of 1968. The 1968 act was an update or revision of the Federal Firearms Act of 1938 (FFA), which required all...
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Remington Model 760 (category Rifles of the United States)
of Crime and Punishment in America: A-De. SAGE Publications. p. 720. ISBN 978-1-4129-8876-6. "Gun Control Act of 1968". Encyclopedia of Gun Control and...
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Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of...
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Röhm RG-14 (category Revolvers of Germany)
Ronald Reagan on 30 March 1981. Until 1968, the guns were manufactured in Germany. The Gun Control Act of 1968 prevented their import unto the US, so...
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"honor system" of the 1968 Gun Control Act and "can't help but stop thousands of illegal handgun purchases." James and Sarah Brady were guests of honor when...
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Firearms Act (1934) Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (1968) Gun Control Act of 1968 (1968) Firearm Owners Protection Act (1986) Undetectable...
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Title II weapons (section Machine gun)
1968: Title II of the Gun Control Act of 1968 is a revision of the National Firearms Act of 1934, and pertains to machine guns, short or "sawed-off" shotguns...
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Federal Assault Weapons Ban (redirect from Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007)
but domestically manufactured rifles. (The Gun Control Act of 1968 gives discretion to the Attorney General of the United States to choose whether to "authorize...
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Saturday night special (redirect from Junk gun)
favorite of holdup men..." The term "Saturday night special" came into wider use with the passing of the Gun Control Act of 1968 because the act banned...
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downplayed gun control issues, even backing some minor legislation. With passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968, an increasing number of NRA members...
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The Sullivan Act was a gun control law in New York state that took effect in 1911. The NY state law requires licenses for New Yorkers to possess firearms...
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Under the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), firearm dealers with a Federal Firearms License (FFL) were prohibited from doing business at gun shows (they...
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Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013, commonly known as the NY SAFE Act, is a gun control law in the state of New York. The law was passed by the...
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performed in 2023. Background checks of firearm buyers was discussed as early as the 1930s. The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) mandated that individual and...
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convicted of misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. The 1968 Gun Control Act and subsequent amendments had previously prohibited anyone convicted of a felony...
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gun ownership is considered a privilege, not a right, and access by the general public to firearms is subject to strict control measures. Members of the...
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background check from a gun dealer). In 1993, Congress enacted the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, amending the Gun Control Act of 1968. "The Brady Law"...
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Heckler & Koch HK41 (section Versions of the HK41)
as approved firearms after the passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968. (1966–1973): These models have strips of metal welded into the receiver and matching...
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penalties. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives states that: The term "firearm" is defined in the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. Section...
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