Gun Control

By cgarcia57

  • National Firearms Act

    Act of Congress in the United States that 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

    Established the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). Title III of the Act set rules for obtaining wiretap orders in the United States.

  • Firearm Owners Protection Act

    Under the Gun Control Act of 1968, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms was given wide latitude on the enforcement of regulations pertaining to Federal Firearms License.

  • Firearm Owners Protection Act

    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) was given wide latitude on the enforcement of regulations pertaining to Federal Firearms License (FFL) holders.

  • Undetectable Firearms Act

    The United States Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 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

    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

    Act of the United States Congress that instituted federal background checks on firearm purchasers in the United States.

  • Federal Assault Weapons Ban

    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

    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.

  • Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

    Purpose of the act is to prevent firearms manufacturers and dealers from being held liable for negligence when crimes have been committed with their products