Gun Legislation

  • 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