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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Homemade firearm (redirect from Homemade gun)
without exception, been unlicensed and legal. Since the passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968, however, anyone intending to manufacture firearms for sale...
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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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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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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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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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Owners Protection Act (FOPA) (1986): Revised and partially repealed the Gun Control Act of 1968.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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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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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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United States. Advocates of gun control support increasingly restrictive regulations on gun ownership, while proponents of gun rights oppose such restrictions...
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"disabilities". The FFA was repealed by the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), though many of its provisions were reenacted as part of the GCA, which revised the FFA and...
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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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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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Virginia court. Under the Gun Control Act of 1968, it was illegal for Cho to purchase the firearms; however, the Commonwealth of Virginia had not submitted...
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a ban on mail-order gun sales was discussed, but no law was passed until 1968. Precursors of the passage of the Gun Control Act were Senate Bill 1975...
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Bondi v. VanDerStok (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court)
regarding the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) 2021 regulations revising its interpretation of the Gun Control Act of 1968's use of the terms "firearm"...
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of the Gun Control Act of 1968 as 18 U.S.C. §§ 926B–926C. Whether or not a person is privileged by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) of...
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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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Assault Weapons Ban Gun Control Act of 1968 Gun control after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting Gun politics in the United States Gun show loophole...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Carbine (redirect from Carbine gun)
length of at least 26 in (660 mm), a carbine converted pistol may be treated as a standard rifle under Title I of the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA). However...
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Mexican Mauser Model 1954 (category Rifles of Mexico)
curiosity or relics, still subject to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, the Gun Control Act of 1968 in the 2018 ATF classifications list. Ball 2011,...
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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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