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The '''National Firearms Act''' (NFA), cited as the '''Act of June 26, 1934''', Ch. 757, 48 Stat. 1236, as amended, currently codified ... transfer tax of $200 placed on the transfer of firearms controlled by the Act was roughly equivalent to five months' salary in 1934.<ref>http://www.vtlmi

...e buyer is prohibited from buying a firearm under the [[Gun Control Act of 1968]]. It is linked to the [[National Crime Information Center]] and the [[Int ...check unless required by state law. These regulations remain in place at [[gun show]]s, where no special leniency is granted to licensed sellers, and no a

...heir staffers]</ref> It bases its political activity on the principle that gun ownership is a civil liberty protected by the [[Second Amendment to the Uni ... offered all across the U.S. for both children and adults. In recent years gun safety classes oriented more towards firearm safety, particularly for women

...esident John F. Kennedy increased public alertness to the relative lack of control over the sale and possession of guns in America. ... to local law enforcement agencies, which included funds to deal with riot control and organized crime.

...ick'''. The spear in question may be handheld, or launchable from a spear gun.<ref name=fdlfaq>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071215231500/http://www.free ...n, as it is fairly powerful yet still compact enough to be used in a spear gun. Large cartridges such as the 12 gauge are generally only used on a handhel

...[:category:gun rights|entire category]] in the [[Gunsopedia]] dedicated to gun rights topics. ...t to weapons. Today this is usually interpreted to mean personal [[firearm|gun]]s or the arming of a state militia. This is an important concept in the [[

The '''Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989''' or AWCA, was a bit of buffoonery enacted by the state of Califor ...gazine), and the [[SKS]] with detachable magazine were both banned by this act. Yet these firearms are topologically similar to current California-legal

...ure on the Second Amendment is what standard of review should apply to gun control if the Amendment is read to protect an individual right to bear arms." in " ...on, Anti-Federalists feared creation of a standing army not under civilian control that could eventually endanger democracy and civil liberties as had happene

...ndex.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=399&Itemid=64 The 90% nonesense], Gun Owners' Resource, 04-02-2009</ref>. ...n registry|long gun registry]] in the late 1990s. An Access to Information Act request in 2002 revealed that 222,911 guns, in 83,844 different combination

...States, straw purchases are a felony violation of the [[Gun Control Act of 1968]] for both the ''straw purchaser'' (who can also be charged with lying on F Many [[Federal Firearm License|gun shops]] have jointly participated in programs to deter such purchases.

...5count-terr-wiki.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Heckler & Koch]] [[MP5]] submachine gun is widely used by law enforcement tactical teams and military forces.]] ...rm]] that combines the [[automatic firearm|automatic fire]] of a [[machine gun]] with the [[cartridge]] of a [[pistol]], and is usually between the two in

...rvivalist Blog ([http://www.survivalblog.com www.SurvivalBlog.com]), a pro-gun survivalist novel and screenplay. For more information, see: [http://www.ra ...FAQ]] posting lists serial number cut-offs for the 1899 threshold for many gun makers.

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...nded more for sustained automatic fire in a support role, and [[submachine gun]]s, which fire a handgun cartridge rather than a rifle cartridge. Assault r ...ny [[submachine gun]]s, [[battle rifle]]s, [[automatic rifle]]s, [[machine gun]]s, and semi-automatic rifles:

[[Image:M2 machine gun.jpg|thumb|220px|right|[[M2 Browning machine gun]]]] ...e public market since the [[Firearm Owners Protection Act]] of 1986. See [[Gun politics]] for more information.

{{gun ...alt to exports to the USA in 1968 was dictated by the [[Gun Control Act of 1968]] which was precipitated by Robert Kennedy's assassination involving an Ive

{{Canadian gun law}} ... issue in [[Canada]] remained dormant until [[1969]]. The 1969 [[firearm]] control legislation was incorporated with a series of other Criminal Code amendment

...ntouchables", who had worked for the Prohibition Bureau while the Volstead Act was still in force, were transferred to the ATU. In [[1942]], responsibilit In [[1968]], with the passage of the [[Gun Control Act of 1968|Gun Control Act]], the agency changed its name again, this time to the Alcohol, Tobacco, an

While well known for his support for gun rights in his later life, few realize that his political activist history w ...ref><ref>Slate. [http://www.slate.com/id/2143134/entry/0/ Charlton Heston, Gun-Controller!]</ref> He would later regret the action, saying he wished he "