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.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
For decades, the closest most people got to a gun suppressor – those metal cylinders that reduce a ...
Monday, March 18, 2013
Today, the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee unanimously passed House Bill 1563, legislation that would repeal Indiana’s current prohibition on ...
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)—author of the federal “assault weapon” and “large” ammunition magazine ban of 1994-2004—has announced that ...
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Sen. Feinstein has released a summary of her legislation banning popular semi-automatic firearms. The proposal is far more ...
Friday, April 27, 2012
Yesterday, two NRA-supported bills advanced in the Oklahoma House, before the legislative crossover deadline. Senate Bills 1760 and ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
By next Thursday, April 26, all Senate bills must receive the approval of the Oklahoma House or they will ...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Yesterday, the Arizona House of Representatives voted 42 to 14 to send House Bill 2728 to the state ...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Yesterday, the Senate voted 49 to 0 to pass HB 1279 with the “hunting with suppressors” language included. ...
Monday, February 27, 2012
NRA-backed Senate Bill 1743 passed in the state Senate Agriculture and Rural Development Committee today by a 10 ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Today, state Representative David Gowan (R-30) introduced House Bill 2728, NRA-backed pro-hunting legislation. Enactment of this bill would ...
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