National Firearms Act (NFA)
The National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) requires the registration, with the federal government, of fully-automatic firearms (termed “machineguns”), rifles and shotguns that have an overall length under 26 inches, rifles with a barrel under 16 inches, shotguns with a barrel under 18 inches, and firearm sound suppressors (termed “silencers”). The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) placed “destructive devices” (primarily explosives and the like, but also including firearms over .50 caliber, other than most shotguns) under the provisions of the NFA. In 1994, the Treasury Department placed revolving-cylinder shotguns and one semi-automatic shotgun under the NFA.
The GCA prohibited the importation of fully-automatic firearms for private purposes and a 1986 amendment to the Act prohibited the domestic manufacture of fully-automatics for private purposes. However, short-barreled rifles and shotguns have becoming increasingly popular for home defense and defensive-skills-based marksmanship training and competitions, and sound suppressors have become increasingly popular for marksmanship training and competitions, and for hunting.
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Earlier this week, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed her third pro-gun bill this month, which include: Senate Bill 1109, ...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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Monday, April 3, 2023
On Tuesday, April 4, the Texas House Select Committee on Community Safety will hear the pro- and anti-gun bills listed ...
Monday, March 6, 2023
On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee will hear three pro-gun bills that crossed over from the Senate.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Today, at 9AM, the House Judiciary Committee will hear House Bill 2667 and, at 2PM, the Senate Military Affairs, Public ...
Monday, January 30, 2023
On Monday, January 30, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) published the final Factoring Criteria for ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
The attacks on law-abiding gun owners keep coming at the Roundhouse, this time in the New Mexico Senate. Two ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
On Friday, January, 13, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) posted the “final” Factoring Criteria for Firearms ...
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
In a recent court filing, the Department of Justice claimed that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...
Monday, December 12, 2022
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