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...europe/austria/1465206/Found-the-gun-that-shook-the-world.html "Found: the gun that shook the world"]. The Daily Telegraph.</ref>
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...'''AWB''') was a subtitle of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a federal law of the [[United States]] that included a prohibition
...t [[AR-15]], [[H&K G36E]], [[TEC-9]], all [[AK-47]]s, and [[Uzi submachine gun|Uzi]]s) and other semi-automatic firearms because they possess a minimum se
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...ited States of America]] since the enactment of the [[Gun Control Act]] in 1968.
..., they are also subject to the controls imposed by the [[National Firearms Act]] of 1934. ATF maintains a current list [http://www.atf.gov/firearms/curio
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... or a gun used in the delivery of naval gunfire. Calling your [[rifle]] a "gun" can result in... well, just watch the video.
...th a single manipulation of the [[trigger|firing device]] to be a "machine gun" for regulatory purposes. Other terms, including "firearm" itself, have be
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... States federal law that revised many statutes in the [[Gun Control Act of 1968]].
...e Association]] (NRA) and certain targeted Federal firearms licensees. The gun rights movement lobbied Congress to pass the FOPA to prevent the abuse of r
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.... Supreme Court seven times.<ref>Spitzer, Robert J.: ''The Politics of Gun Control'', Chapt. 2 (pg.38-41). Chatham House Publishers, Inc., 1995. The cases are
...t the 2nd Amendment only restrained the federal government from regulating gun ownership, not the individual states:
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The '''Gun Control Act of 1968''', Pub. L. No. 90-618, 82 Stat. 1213 (also known as '''GCA''' or '''GCA68'
The [[Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act|Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993]] created a national [[background check]] system to prevent firearm
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'''Gun law''' refers to a law that pertains to [[firearm]]s. Gun laws are highly dependent on date and location, as they have changed along
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...n the [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution]]. Most federal gun laws are spelled out in one of the following:
* [[National Firearms Act]] (1934)
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...rough legal and criminal use.<ref>Spitzer, Donald J.,''The Politics of Gun Control'', Page 1. Chatham House Publishers, Inc., 1995.</ref>
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...><ref>[http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,707041,00.html New gun law call as city mourns | News crumb | EducationGuardian.co.uk]</ref>
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...ty; only 43 percent believe new laws would be more effective in reducing [[gun violence in the United States]] than the better enforcement of existing law
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...lowski; John Taffin (2005). ''Gun Digest Book of Cowboy Action Shooting.'' Gun Digest Books. pp. 147. ISBN 978-0896891401.</ref>
...p. A turbulent period followed, due to the passage of [[Gun Control Act of 1968]]. The company then relocated to East Hartford in 1976. In 1978, Clem Confe
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...nvention), they steadily gained ground among hunters due to the ability to control the expansion of the new high velocity cartridges. In modern ammunition, th
... bullets, falls under Section 5 (prohibited weapons) of the [[Firearms Act 1968]] and so is illegal to possess or transfer without the written permission o
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...ght of individuals to keep and bear arms. They claim a link between [[gun control]] and government sponsored genocide. Members do not have to be Jewish. Th
...th totalitarianism. The most famous of these are the "All in favor of Gun Control raise your right hand" materials, which features a drawing of Hitler giving
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* [[1968]] — The [[Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968]] was enacted by the U.S. Congress.
...]], an early attempt by the Conservative Party of Canada to put the [[long gun registry]] out of everyone else's misery, received first reading in the Hou
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...CA '68, but then in 1986, with the passage of the [[Gun Owners' Protection Act]] and its omnibus attachments, import restrictions were relaxed and the flo
...ace on a No4? Get on the phone, order the part, and FIX it yourself - then act smug when your buddies come whining about how their "vastly superior" M98 M
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: ''"What could you possibly need with a gun? If you need protection, just call the police"''
...re would seem no way to explain this rationale, other than to say that gun control proponents must believe that the police exist to protect the citizenry from
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'''FAQ ON NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT WEAPONS'''<ref>Retrieved from tinyurl.com/a6l2f thanks to [http://www.cs.cm
...fficer with jurisdiction over where you reside. This (and the cost of the gun) is what usually keep interested, and otherwise qualified, persons from obt
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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
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...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
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...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
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...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.
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...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
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...[: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 [[
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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
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...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
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...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
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...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.
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...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
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...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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:''See also: [[Gun politics in Australia]]
:''See also: [[Gun politics in Canada]]
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*[[Coach Gun]]
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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:
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...e public market since the [[Firearm Owners Protection Act]] of 1986. See [[Gun politics]] for more information.
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... issue in [[Canada]] remained dormant until [[1969]]. The 1969 [[firearm]] control legislation was incorporated with a series of other Criminal Code amendment
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...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
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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 "
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{{Canadian gun law}}The history of [[gun control]] in [[Canada]] is long and sordid.
...haser's name, the date of the sale and information that could identify the gun.
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...x|[[Raven Arms MP-25]], an example of a .25 caliber semi-automatic type of gun commonly considered a Saturday night special.]]
...w and Criminology 85 (3). ISSN 0091-4169. OCLC 803836960</ref> because the act banned the importation and manufacture of many inexpensive firearms, most n
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