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  2. Criminal possession of a weapon - Wikipedia

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    Simple possession - The strictest of standards, some weapons are prohibited from any form of private ownership at all, even if kept in one's dwelling under secure conditions (such as a safe). Typically, this covers military devices, such as bombs, artillery, machine guns, nuclear devices and chemical weapons.

  3. Gun laws in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.

  4. NYC student arrested with loaded gun after posting alarming ...

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    The NYPD’s 112th Precinct boasted on Facebook about the arrest of “an individual” found in possession of an illegal firearm and ... possession of a loaded weapon, an armed felony offense, a ...

  5. Gun law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Gun show, in the U.S.. Most federal gun laws are found in the following acts: [3] [4] National Firearms Act (NFA) (1934): Taxes the manufacture and transfer of, and mandates the registration of Title II weapons such as machine guns, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, heavy weapons, explosive ordnance, suppressors, and disguised or improvised firearms.

  6. Bill would toughen penalties for unlawful firearm possession

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    (The Center Square) – A Washington state Republican lawmaker is backing a bill that would stiffen penalties for unlawful firearm possession by requiring every individual convicted as such to go ...

  7. Beaufort man arrested on machine gun, firearm charges ... - AOL

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    Officials said that Davila is charged with two counts of possession of a machine gun, two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one count of pointing and presenting firearms ...

  8. He Was Convicted of a Felony for Holding a Gun on the ...

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    The ATF agents conceded that carrying a gun in your own yard does not violate the Gun-Free School Zones Act, which makes an exception for firearm possession "on private property not part of school ...

  9. Right to keep and bear arms in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Heller (2008), the Court ruled that the amendment protects an individual right "to keep and carry arms in case of confrontation," not contingent on service in a militia, while indicating, in dicta, that restrictions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, on the carrying of arms in sensitive locations, and with respect to ...