Gun Control Legislation in the United States

By Marcus44

  • National Firearms Act

    An Act to provide for the taxation of manufacturers, importers, and dealers in certain firearms and machine guns, to tax the sale or other disposal of such weapons, and to restrict importation and regulate interstate transportation thereof.

  • Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act

    Congress finds that the high incidence of crime in the United
    States threatens the peace, security, and general welfare of the Nation and its citizens.

  • Firearm Owners Protection Act

    Amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 to redefine "gun dealer," excluding those making occasional sales or repairs. Exempts certain activities involving ammunition from current prohibitions.

  • Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA)

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

  • 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

  • Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

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

  • Gun-Free School Zones Act

    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

  • Federal Assault Weapons Ban

    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

    10 year ban in 1994 for semi-automatic weapons. or "assault weapons" with "large capacity"

  • Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

    The 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.