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Long title: An Act to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for better control of the interstate traffic in firearms. Acronyms (colloquial) GCA, GCA68: Enacted by: the 90th United States Congress: Effective: October 22, 1968: Citations; Public law: 90-618: Statutes at Large: 82 Stat. 1213-2: Codification; Titles amended: 18 U.S.C ...
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Long title: An Act to amend chapter 44 (relating to firearms) of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes. Acronyms (colloquial) FOPA: Enacted by: the 99th United States Congress: Effective: May 19, 1986: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 99–308: Statutes at Large: 100 Stat. 449: Codification; Acts amended: Gun Control Act of 1968 ...
(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 ...
[1] [42] Those prohibited include any individual who: has been convicted in any court of a "crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year"; [43] is a fugitive from justice; is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, [44] codified at 21 U.S.C. § 802);
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act; Other short titles: Child Safety Lock Act of 2005: Long title: An Act to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others.
Firearm case law in the United States is based on decisions of the Supreme Court and other federal courts.Each of these decisions deals with the Second Amendment (which is a part of the Bill of Rights), the right to keep and bear arms, the Commerce Clause, the General Welfare Clause, and/or other federal firearms laws.
The law that set up Illinois' concealed carry system in 2013 also established state preemption for certain areas of gun law, including restrictions on assault weapons. Laws passed before July 20, 2013, are grandfathered in, and a number of local governments in the Chicago area have laws that either prohibit or regulate the possession of ...