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...ealed carry laws has been met with [[Gun politics in the United States#Pro Gun Regulation|opposition]], no state which has adopted a "shall-issue" conceal ... demanded a conceal and carry provision and also called for an end to more gun control. On March 23, 2006, the Kansas legislature overrode Governor Kathle

... the [[United 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

... 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

... United 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

... U.S. Supreme Court seven times.<ref>Spitzer, Robert J.: ''The Politics of Gun Control'', Chapt. 2 (pg.38-41). Chatham House Publishers, Inc., 1995. The c ...t the 2nd Amendment only restrained the federal government from regulating gun ownership, not the individual states:

The '''Gun Control Act of 1968''', Pub. L. No. 90-618, 82 Stat. 1213 (also known as '''GCA''' or ' The [[Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act|Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993]] created a national [[background check]] system to prevent firearm

== [[Gun Free Zones: An Examination of Policy]] == ...er 2003, pp. 26-31</ref> Or as Carlisle Moody put it, “A criminal with a gun is a more efficient criminal.” <ref>Moody, Carlisle E. and Marvell, Thoma

{{Gun politics}} '''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

...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)

Many US states have legislated '''gun (firearm) laws''', independent of existing federal firearms laws. Some have For federal gun law, see [[Gun law in the United States]].

{{Gun politics}} ...d through legal and criminal use.<ref>Spitzer, Donald J.,''The Politics of Gun Control'', Page 1. Chatham House Publishers, Inc., 1995.</ref>

{{Gun politics}} * '''Category R''': restricted weapons: [[machine gun]]s, rocket launchers, [[assault rifle]]s, [[flame-thrower]]s, anti-tank gun

{{Gun politics}} ...In a study of gun ownership in selected western nations, Canada's level of gun ownership (21.8%) was similar to France's (23.8%) and Sweden's (16.6%). Of

...elf-defense]] is an acceptable justification to get the license. The Czech gun laws allow its citizens to carry a concealed weapon without having any spec ...>"[http://zbrane.kvalitne.cz/zbrojni-prukaz/zakony/119-2002_rozpis The gun Act 119/2001 - Firearms and ammunition Law]" (in Czech)</ref>

...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 {{Gun politics}}

|type= [[Submachine gun]] }}The '''MP5''' is a [[9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] [[submachine gun]] of [[Germany|German]] design, developed in the 1960s by a team of enginee

...ayed behind, in her well provisioned home, and had an old [[revolver]] for protection. A group of police entered the house, and when she refused to surrender her ...on from groups such as the NRA, the [[Second Amendment Foundation]], and [[Gun Owners of America]] was immediate and outraged, and a lawsuit was filed [[S

...ational Rifle Association]], Institute for Legislative Action</ref> The [[Gun Owners of America]] lobbying organisation has been equally vocal in its cri == Gun Control Activities ==

...erosmith singer Steven Tyler. All of these individuals have retained their gun licenses under Bloomberg's "tough on guns" administration. (Hey, it ain't ... Rifle" in the "Best of the Best" presentation by Shooting Times, Sporting Gun and Shooting Gazette magazines and civilian variants of the HK416 and HK417

...ates' positions on various issues (which are almost universally hostile to gun owners' rights, whenever the issue comes up). Some chapters of the league a ...ured Act (SAFE) which attempted to scale back some portions of the PATRIOT Act which impact on individual liberties.

...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

...y exception was for Special Occupational Taxpayers (SOT): licensed machine gun dealers with demonstration letters, manufacturers, and those dealing in exp {{gun manuals}}

...troops defeat Ijebu infantry in modern-day Nigeria, using a single [[maxim gun]]. * [[1986]] &mdash; The American [[Firearm Owners Protection Act]] sets this as the cutoff registration date for the legal transfer of fully

'''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

...of national laws to EU directive, and defending the [[gun rights|rights of gun owners]] by legal means. Since [[self-defense]] is not considered as suffic According to its constitution act,<ref>[http://www.anarma.org/content/category/30/1/ ANARMA's statutes] (in S

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

...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

...itional statutory divisions.<ref>See the Criminal Code of Canada, Firearms Act, Sections 12 (1) – 12(8) inclusive.</ref> ...stricted firearms may only be taken to shooting clubs, [[CCW|carried]] for protection, or otherwise transported by virtue of federally issued permits called [[Au

{{gun ... gas port that feeds the gases from the barrel into the gas cylinder. When gun is fired, the powder gases are fed into the gas cylinder and begin to push

'''A Psychiatrist Examines The Anti-Gun Mentality<br></big> "You don't need to have a [[firearm|gun]]; the police will protect you."

...fire selector. A common version of the [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] [[submachine gun]] (widely used by SWAT teams and special operations military personnel) has ... for the civilian market was prohibited by the [[Firearm Owners Protection Act]] of 1986.

...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

...</ref>. Cukier is also the President and co-founder of the [[Coalition for Gun Control]] and on the Board of the [[International Action Network on Small A ...l sorts, including [[Bill C-68]], which spawned the ineffective [[Canadian gun registry]].

...21 Application for a Possession and Acquisition Licence Under the Firearms Act (For Individuals Aged 18 and Over)], RCMP website, 2009-01-08 (English)</re ...news/story.html?id=80f74558-04f9-469f-8dd1-5a7cf4b8ce7e Government extends gun-registration amnesty] 2008-05-14</ref> and is currently set to expire on Ma

{{gun ...)]] ammunition, originally developed for and used in [[M2 Browning machine gun]]s. Barrett began his work in the early 1980s and the first working rifles

...Proposition H.jpg|right]]''This article is about the most ironically named gun grab'' ... '''EVER'''. For something else that sounds a lot like this, but ...m Trutanich-Michel, LLP], in Long Beach, California, who sued on behalf of gun owners, advocates and dealers the day after the measure passed.<ref>http://

* '''[[July 29]]:''' The [[Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act]] (S.397) passed the U.S. Senate (65–31). ...cutive vice-president [[Wayne LaPierre]] condemned the [[Hurricane Katrina|gun confiscations in New Orleans]]: "What we’ve seen in Louisiana — the bre

...ed obtaining federal documents that showed the cost of the [[Canadian long gun registry]] (which was originally supposed to cost less than $2 million) had ...tension to the ban to the Senate's [[Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act]]. With the Feinstein amendment, the bill was voted down 8-90.

[[File:US gun deaths 2006.png|right|350px|Click on image to enlarge for a better view]]'' ...n registry|registration]] (later extended until May 16, 2011), while 206 [[gun show]] visitors from Richmond, Virginia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania areas

...=view&id=409&Itemid=43 Why does the CACP support the Firearms Registry?]'' Gun Owners' Resource, 4-28-09</ref>. ...ile Canadian law does permit for a citizen to obtain a permit to carry for protection of one's own life, in Ontario (population 12.9 million), only 13 such permi

:''See also: [[Gun politics in Australia]] :''See also: [[Gun politics in Canada]]

...rs Association''' ('''AHSA''') is an organization involved in advocacy for gun control.<ref> ...=N</ref> and maintained ties to individuals and organizations who advocate gun control.<ref>Donors to HCI/Handgun Control Incorporated http://www.opensecr

...ng Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs ([[Bill C-68]], An act respecting [[firearms]] and other weapons, with amendments) presented in th ''And the gun went root-a-toot-toot.<br>

...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:

... Advocates for the right to keep and bear arms, commonly referred to as [[gun rights]] supporters, generally consider these uses of the phrase ''assault ...l=h110-1022 "H.R. 1022: Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007", GovTrack.com]</ref> have been gaining in use by political leaders

[[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.

...ceed the limiting muzzle velocity. That, in turn, disqualified every such gun for the exemption. Each became, therefore, a "real firearm" -- one that, t That was untrue. In the latest batch of Access to Information Act papers received by the NFA, I found this, in "STANDARD ADMINISTRATIVE POLIC

HOW THE FIREARMS ACT (BILL-68) VIOLATES In Reference Re Firearms Act (Canada) [2000], 1 S.C.R. 783, where the Supreme Court rejected Alberta’s

...cupied, such as one's car or place of work) as a place in which one enjoys protection from illegal trespassing and violent attack. It then goes on to give a pers ...r Castle Doctrine to a place of residence; however, some states extend the protection to other legally-occupied places such as automobiles and places of business

... Canadian [[gun grabber]]-in-chief [[Wendy Cukier]]. Of all Canadian anti-gun orgs, the CGC has been the most successful in capitalizing on the [[1989]] ...up who is well known and generally discredited for creatively interpreting gun control statistics and zealously expounding [[:category:Myths|unsubstantiat